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

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ubiswō.

Noun

*ubisu f[1]

hall

Inflection

wō-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: yfes, efes
- Middle English: eves
  - English: eaves, eave
Old Frisian: ōse
- North Frisian: ose
Old Saxon: *ovisa
- Middle Low German: ȫvese
Old High German: obisa, obasa
- Middle High German: obese, obse

References

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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[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”