Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gābā

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

From Proto-Germanic *gēbǭ. Cognate with Old Norse gáfa, sometimes suggested to be a borrowing from West Germanic.

Noun

*gābā f

gift
Synonym: *gebu

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*gābā
Genitive	*gābōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*gābā	*gābōn
Accusative	*gābōn	*gābōn
Genitive	*gābōn	*gābōnō
Dative	*gābōn	gābōm, gābum
Instrumental	*gābōn	gābōm, gābum

Descendants

Old Saxon: *gāva
- Middle Low German: gāve
  - Low German:
    - German Low German: Gaav
    - Westphalian:
      Suerländer-Märkisch: Gaabe
      
      Westmünsterländisch: Gaabe
  - Plautdietsch: Gow
Old Dutch: *gāva
- Middle Dutch: gāve
  - Dutch: gave
Old High German: *gāba
- Middle High German: gābe
  - German: Gabe
  - Luxembourgish: Gof
  - Yiddish: גאָב (gob)

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