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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/tibǭ

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps related to the root of Old Norse tík (“bitch”).[1][2] A geminate byform *tibbǭ gave German dialectal Zippe, Zibbe (“ewe; doe (hare, rabbit)”), Icelandic tebba (“vixen”), and possibly English tib (“working-class woman”).[3]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtiˌβɔː/

Noun

*tibǭ f

  1. bitch (female dog)

Inflection
ōn-stemDeclension of *tibǭ (ōn-stem)
singular plural
nominative *tibǭ *tibōniz
vocative *tibǭ *tibōniz
accusative *tibōnų *tibōnunz
genitive *tibōniz *tibōnǫ̂
dative *tibōni *tibōmaz
instrumental *tibōnē *tibōmiz

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • *tibsō/*tipsō
  • *tīkō

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *tibā
    • Old English: tife
    • Old Frisian: *tive, *teve
    • Old Saxon: *tiva
    • Old Dutch: *tiva
    • >? Old High German: *zibba
      • >? Middle High German: *zibbe, *zippe

References
  1. van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “teef1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
  2. Morris, Richard (1897): Historical Outlines of English Accidence
  3. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “tib(b)ōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 515
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