Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/arbī

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *arbiją.

Noun

*arbī n[1]

inheritance

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*arbī	*arbiju
Accusative	*arbī	*arbiju
Genitive	*arbijas	*arbijō
Dative	*arbijē	*arbijum
Instrumental	*arbiju	*arbijum

Descendants

Old English: ierfe, yrfe, irfe, erfe, ærfe
- Middle English: erve, erfe, erf, irve, yrfe (through the Anglian equivalent)
  - English: erf
  - Scots: arff, airf
Old Frisian: erve
- Saterland Frisian: Ierwe, Äärwe
Old Saxon: ervi
- Low German: Arf
Old Dutch: ervi
- Middle Dutch: erve
  - Dutch: erf
    - Afrikaans: erf
    - → English: erf
Old High German: erbi
- Middle High German: erbe
  - German: Erbe
  - Luxembourgish: Ierwen

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 47: “PWGmc *arbī”

[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 47: “PWGmc *arbī”