Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ribją

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

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁rebʰ-yo-m, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rebʰ- (“to cover, to roof; rib”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈriβ.jɑ̃/

Noun

*ribją n

1. rib
2. reef, ridge (attested in Old Norse)

Inflection

neuter ja-stemDeclension of *ribją (neuter ja-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*ribją	*ribjō
vocative	*ribją	*ribjō
accusative	*ribją	*ribjō
genitive	*ribjas, *ribis	*ribjǫ̂
dative	*ribjai	*ribjamaz
instrumental	*ribjō	*ribjamiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *ribi
  • Old English: ribb, rib
    • Middle English: ribbe, rib
      • Scots: rib
      • English: rib
  • Old Frisian: ribb, rebb, rib, reb
    • North Frisian: robb, rabb
    • Saterland Frisian: Ribbe
    • West Frisian: ribbe
  • Old Saxon: ribbi
    • Middle Low German: ribbe, rebbe
      • German Low German: Ribbe, Ribb
      • Low German: Ribbe
      • → Danish: rib
      • → Norwegian: ribbe
      • → Swedish: ribba
  • Old Dutch: *ribbi
    • Middle Dutch: ribbe, rebbe
      • Dutch: ribbe, rib
  • Old High German: ribi, ribbi, rippi; ribba, rippa
    • Middle High German: ribbe, ribe, rippe
      • German: Rippe; Riebe (obsolete)
      • Luxembourgish: Rëpp
      • Vilamovian: rejw
      • Yiddish: ריפּ (rip)
• Old Norse: rif
  • Icelandic: rif
  • Faroese: riv
  • Norwegian Bokmål: rev
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: rev
  • Old Swedish: rif
    • Swedish: ref, rev; revben
  • Old Danish: riv, rev
  • → Middle English: rif
    • Scots: rif, riv
    • English: reef
  • → Middle Low German: rif, ref
    • Low German: Riff, Reff
    • → German: Riff
  • → Middle Dutch: rif
    • Dutch: rif
      • Afrikaans: rif
• Suevic: *rippja:
  • → Galician: ripa; ⇒ corripa.