Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kabisi

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 *kabisjō.

Noun

*kabisi f[1]

concubine

Inflection

ī/jō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*kabisi
Genitive	*kabissjā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kabisi	*kabissjō
Accusative	*kabissjā	*kabissjā
Genitive	*kabissjā	*kabissjō
Dative	*kabissjē	kabissjōm, kabissjum
Instrumental	*kabissju	kabissjōm, kabissjum

Derived terms

*kabisijōn

Descendants

Old English: ċiefes, ċyfys, ċifes, ċyfes
- Middle English: chevese, chivese
Old Saxon: kevis
- Middle Low German: kēvis, kēves
  - Low German: Keves
Old Dutch: *kevesa
- Middle Dutch: kēefse, kēvisse, kiese
  - Dutch: kevis (“adultery”)
Old High German: kebis, chebis, kebisa, chebisa
- Middle High German: kebes, kebese, kebse
  - → German: Kebse (learned, 18th c.)
- ⇒ Old High German: kebiswīb
  - Middle High German: kebeswīp
    - German: Kebsweib (inherited)

References

Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 216: “PWGmc *kabisi”

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[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 216: “PWGmc *kabisi”