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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]

  1. hall, vestibule, lobby
  2. eaves

Inflection

-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
  • 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)

References

  1. Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 285:PWGmc *ubisu
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