Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/erbô

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

Perhaps connected to Proto-Germanic *erpaz (“light brown”) or to Ancient Greek ἔριφος (ériphos, “young goat”), or perhaps connected to Norwegian jarva (“gnaw, chew”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈer.βɔːː/

Noun

*erbô m

(North Germanic) wolverine

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *erbô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*erbô	*erbaniz
vocative	*erbô	*erbaniz
accusative	*erbanų	*erbanunz
genitive	*irbiniz	*erbanǫ̂
dative	*irbini	*erbammaz
instrumental	*irbinē	*erbammiz

Descendants

Proto-Norse: ᛖᚱᚨᚠᚨᛉ (erafaʀ)
- Old Norse: jarfr, jerfr
  - Icelandic: jarfi, jerfur
  - Faroese: jarvur
  - Norwegian: jerv, jarv, erv
    - → Danish: jærv
  - Old Swedish: iärver
    - Swedish: järv

References

^ Guus Kroonen (2013) Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

[1] Guus Kroonen (2013) Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

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