Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ubisu

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

Alternative forms

• *obisu

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ubiswō.

Noun

*ubisu f

1. hall, vestibule, lobby
2. eaves

Inflection

wō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*ubisu
Genitive	*ubiswā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*ubisu	*ubiswō
Accusative	*ubiswā	*ubiswā
Genitive	*ubiswā	*ubiswō
Dative	*ubiswē	*ubiswōm, *ubisum
Instrumental	*ubisu	*ubiswōm, *ubisum

Descendants

• Old English: œfis, efis, yfes, *ofes, efes
  • Middle English: eves, oves
    • English: eaves, eave
      • ⇒ Middle English: *eves-wall
        • English: eaves-wall
        • Scots: easwas, easle, eazle, aisywaas
• Old Frisian: ōse
  • North Frisian: ose
  • Saterland Frisian: Ouse
  • West Frisian: oes
• Old Saxon: *ovisa
  • Middle Low German: ȫvese, ȫsene, ȫsen, ȫse, ȫze
    • Low German: Öse, Ese
    • ⇒ Middle Low German: ovesval, ȫvesval (“eaves-wall”)
• Old Dutch: *uvisa, *ovisa
  • Middle Dutch: ōvese, uevese, ōse, oyse, ōsie
    • Dutch: ozie, euzie
    • ⇒ Dutch: ozing
• Old High German: obisa, obasa
  • Middle High German: obese, obse
    • Bavarian: Obesen (dialectal)