Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wabją

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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-Germanic

Etymology

  • A collective ja-stem nominal from *webaną (“to weave”).[1]

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈwɑβ.jɑ̃/

    Noun

    *wabją n

    1. something woven
    2. web

    Inflection

    Declension of *wabją (neuter ja-stem)
    singular plural
    nominative *wabją *wabjō
    vocative *wabją *wabjō
    accusative *wabją *wabjō
    genitive *wabjas, *wabis *wabjǫ̂
    dative *wabjai *wabjamaz
    instrumental *wabjō *wabjamiz

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Proto-West Germanic: *wabi
      • Old English: webb
        • Middle English: web, webb, webbe, webe, weob
          • English: web
          • Scots: wab, wob
      • Old Frisian: webb, wobb, web, wob
        • Saterland Frisian: Wäb
        • West Frisian: web
      • Old Saxon: webbi
        • Middle Low German: webbe, wobbe
      • Old Dutch: *webbi
      • Old High German: webbi, weppi
    • Old Norse: vefr m

    References

    1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*wabja-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 563
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