Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/tibǭ
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Proto-Germanic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unknown. Perhaps related to the root of Old Norse tík (“bitch”).[1][2] A geminate byform *tibbǭ gave German dialectal Zippe, Zibbe (“ewe; doe (hare, rabbit)”), Icelandic tebba (“vixen”), and possibly English tib (“working-class woman”).[3]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
*tibǭ f
- bitch (female dog)
Inflection[edit]
ōn-stemDeclension of *tibǭ (ōn-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *tibǭ | *tibōniz | |
vocative | *tibǭ | *tibōniz | |
accusative | *tibōnų | *tibōnunz | |
genitive | *tibōniz | *tibōnǫ̂ | |
dative | *tibōni | *tibōmaz | |
instrumental | *tibōnē | *tibōmiz |
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Proto-West Germanic: *tibā
References[edit]
- ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “teef1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
- ^ Morris, Richard (1897): Historical Outlines of English Accidence
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “tib(b)ōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 515