Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/rōbijā

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

Presumably from Proto-Germanic *rōbijǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)rāp-yéh₂, from *(s)rā́ps (“turnip”).^[1]

Noun

*rōbijā f^[1]

beet
turnip

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*rōbijā
Genitive	*rōbijōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*rōbijā	*rōbijōn
Accusative	*rōbijōn	*rōbijōn
Genitive	*rōbijōn	*rōbijōnō
Dative	*rōbijōn	rōbijōm, rōbijum
Instrumental	*rōbijōn	rōbijōm, rōbijum

Alternative reconstructions

*rōbā^[2]

Related terms

*rēbā

Descendants

Old Saxon: *rōvia
- Middle Low German: rö̂ve
  - Low German: Rööv
  - →? Swedish: rova
  - →? Danish: roe, (dialectal) rove
Old Dutch: *ruova
- Middle Dutch: rôve, roeve
  - Dutch: reuf (dialectal)
Old High German: ruoba, ruoppa
- Middle High German: rüebe, ruobe
  - Alemannic German: Rueb
    - ⇒ Alemannic German: Rüebli
  - Bavarian: Ruam, Ruab
    - Mòcheno: ruab
  - German: Rübe

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*rōbjōn-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 415
^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*rōƀ(j)ōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

[EDPG-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*rōbjōn-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 415

[HGE-2] Vladimir Orel (2003) “*rōƀ(j)ōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

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