Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/rebā
Appearance
Proto-West Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown; perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *Hreh₁p- (“to creep”)[1]. If so, possibly related to Latin rēpō (“to creap, crawl”)[2].
Noun
[edit]*rebā f
Inflection
[edit]ōn-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *rebā | |
Genitive | *rebōn | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *rebā | *rebōn |
Accusative | *rebōn | *rebōn |
Genitive | *rebōn | *rebōnō |
Dative | *rebōn | *rebōm, *rebum |
Instrumental | *rebōn | *rebōm, *rebum |
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*Hreh₁p-¹”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 500
- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Rebe”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 586