Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/arbī

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *arbiją.

Noun

*arbī n^[1]

inheritance
Synonym: *ōþil

Inflection

Neuter ja-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*arbij(a)
Genitive	*arbijas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*arbij(a)	*arbiju
Accusative	*arbij(a)	*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
    - Negerhollands: erfe
    - Petjo: erf
Old High German: erbi
- Middle High German: erbe
  - German: Erbe
  - Luxembourgish: Ierwen
  - → Old Czech: erb
    - Czech: erb (“coat of arms”)
    - → Polish: herb (“coat of arms”)
      - → Lithuanian: herbas
      - → Old Ruthenian: гербъ (herb)
        Belarusian: герб (hjerb)
        Ukrainian: герб (herb)
        → Russian: герб (gerb), гербъ (gerb) — pre-1918 spelling
        → Azerbaijani: gerb
        → Kildin Sami: ге̄ррп (gierrp)
        → Latvian: ģerbonis
        → Macedonian: грб (grb)
        → Uzbek: gerb
      - → Romanian: herb
      - → Yiddish: הערב (herb)

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”

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