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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kībaną

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *geybʰ- (to quarrel, dispute). Cognate with Lithuanian geĩbti (to weaken).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkiː.βɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*kībaną[2]

  1. to quarrel

Inflection

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *kīban
    • Old Frisian: zīvia
    • Old Saxon: *kīvan
    • Old Dutch: *kīvan
    • Old High German: *kīban
      • Middle High German: kīben
        • German: keifen (influenced by Low and West Central German)
  • Old Norse: kífa

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*kībōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 214
  2. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*kīban-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 287
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