Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kabisjō

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

Alternative forms

• *kabisō

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps related to Proto-Germanic *kafą, *kefō (“sheet; fold; lap; pod; sheath”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑ.βis.jɔː/

Noun

*kabisjō f

1. concubine

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *kabisjō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*kabisjō	*kabisjôz
vocative	*kabisjō	*kabisjôz
accusative	*kabisjǭ	*kabisjōz
genitive	*kabisjōz	*kabisjǫ̂
dative	*kabisjōi	*kabisjōmaz
instrumental	*kabisjō	*kabisjōmiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *kabisi
  • Old English: ċiefes, ċyfys, ċifes, ċyfes
    • Middle English: chevese, chivese
  • Old Saxon: kevis
    • Middle Low German: kēvis, kēves
      • Low German: Keves
  • Old Dutch: *kevesa
    • Middle Dutch: kēefse, kēvisse, kiese
      • Dutch: kevis (“adultery”)
  • Old High German: kebis, chebis, kebisa, chebisa
    • Middle High German: kebes, kebese, kebse
      • → German: Kebse (learned, 18th c.)
    • ⇒ Old High German: kebiswīb
      • Middle High German: kebeswīp
        • German: Kebsweib (inherited)
• Old Norse: kefsir; képsi; kéffir
  • Icelandic: kefsir
  • Old Swedish: kæfsir
• →? Proto-Finnic: *kabëh (see there for further descendants)