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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/þebu
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
Unknown; formally identical to Old High German deba (“fire”), but the semantic gap is hard to bridge.
Noun
*þebu f
- (Anglo-Frisian Germanic) A young ewe.
Inflection
| ō-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *þebu | |
| Genitive | *þebā | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *þebu | *þebō |
| Accusative | *þebā | *þebā |
| Genitive | *þebā | *þebō |
| Dative | *þebē | *þebōm |
| Instrumental | *þebu | *þebōm |
Descendants
- Old English: *þeofu
- Middle English: theve, theyve
- English: theave, thaive, thave
- Middle English: theve, theyve
- Old Frisian: *theve
- North Frisian:
- Amrum: seew
- Föhr: teew
- Sylt: Teew
- ⇒ Old Frisian: *thevek
- North Frisian:
- Amrum: seefk
- Föhr: teefk
- ⇒ West Frisian: touke
- North Frisian:
- North Frisian:
References
- Norbruis, Stefan (2015), “ei”, in Etymological Dictionary of West Frisian Farming Vocabulary, Leiden: Leiden University, page 19: “F. teew, E. theave < *tebō?”.