Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gābā

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 *gēbǭ. Cognate with Old Norse gáfa, sometimes suggested to be a borrowing from West Germanic.

Noun

*gābā f

1. gift

   Synonym: *gebu

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*gābā
Genitive	*gābōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*gābā	*gābōn
Accusative	*gābōn	*gābōn
Genitive	*gābōn	*gābōnō
Dative	*gābōn	*gābōm, *gābum
Instrumental	*gābōn	*gābōm, *gābum

Descendants

• Old Saxon: *gāva
  • Middle Low German: gāve
    • Low German:
      • German Low German: Gaav
      • Westphalian:

        Suerländer-Märkisch: Gaabe

        Westmünsterländisch: Gaabe

    • Plautdietsch: Gow
• Old Dutch: gāva
  • Middle Dutch: gāve
    • Dutch: gave
      • Afrikaans: gawe
• Old High German: *gāba
  • Middle High German: gābe
    • German: Gabe
    • Luxembourgish: Gof
    • Yiddish: גאָב (gob)