Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/dūbā

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 *dūbǭ.

Noun

*dūbā f

dove, pigeon

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*dūbā
Genitive	*dūbōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*dūbā	*dūbōn
Accusative	*dūbōn	*dūbōn
Genitive	*dūbōn	*dūbōnō
Dative	*dūbōn	dūbōm, dūbum
Instrumental	*dūbōn	dūbōm, dūbum

Descendants

Old English: *dūfe (attested in the female personal name Dūfe)
- Middle English: douve, duve, dove, dowve, dowe, doufe, douf
  - Scots: doo, dow
  - English: dove
Old Frisian: *dūve, *dūe
- Saterland Frisian: Dúve
- West Frisian: do
Old Saxon: dūva
- Middle Low German: dūve
  - Low German:
    - German Low German: Duuv
    - Dutch Low Saxon: duve, doeve
    - Plautdietsch: Duw, Düw, Duuv, Düüv, Duuw, Düüw, Duv, Düv
Old Dutch: dūva
- Middle Dutch: duve
  - Dutch: duif
    - Afrikaans: duif
  - Limburgish: doef
Old High German: tūba; (West Central German) dūva
- Middle High German: tūbe, dūve
  - Alemannic German: Tuub
  - German: Taube
  - Central Franconian: Duuv, Dauv
    - Kirchröadsj: Doef
    - Luxembourgish: Dauf
  - Vilamovian: tue, taoj
  - Yiddish: טויב‎ (toyb)

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