Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sibbju

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 *sibjō.

Noun

*sibbju f[1]

relationship, kinship

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*sibbju	*sibbjō
Accusative	*sibbjā	*sibbjā
Genitive	*sibbjā	*sibbjō
Dative	*sibbjē	*sibbjōm
Instrumental	*sibbju	*sibbjōm

Descendants

Old English: sibb
- Middle English: sibbe, sib
  - Scots: sib
  - English: sib, sibling
  - → Norn: sib (?)
Old Frisian: sibbe
- West Frisian: sibbe
Old Saxon: sibbia
- Middle Low German: sibbe
Old Dutch: *sibba
- Middle Dutch: sibbe
  - Dutch: sibbe (possibly a loanword from Frisian)
Old High German: sippea, sibba, sippa
- Middle High German: sippe
  - German: Sippe

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 51: “PWGmc *[sibʲbʲu]”

[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 51: “PWGmc *[sibʲbʲu]”