Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/þebu

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

Unknown; formally identical to Old High German deba (“fire”), but the semantic gap is hard to bridge.

Noun

*þebu f

(Anglo-Frisian Germanic) A young ewe.

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*þebu
Genitive	*þebā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*þebu	*þebō
Accusative	*þebā	*þebā
Genitive	*þebā	*þebō
Dative	*þebē	þebōm, þebum
Instrumental	*þebu	þebōm, þebum

Descendants

Old English: *þeofu
- Middle English: theve, theyve
  - English: theave, thaive, thave
Old Frisian: *theve
- North Frisian:
  Amrum: seew
  
  Föhr: teew
  
  Sylt: Teew
- ⇒ Old Frisian: *thevek
  - North Frisian:
    Amrum: seefk
    
    Föhr: teefk
  - ⇒ West Frisian: touke

References

Norbruis, Stefan (2015), “ei”, in Etymological Dictionary of West Frisian Farming Vocabulary, Leiden: Leiden University, page 19: “F. teew, E. theave < *tebō?”.

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