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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/garbā

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

Presumably from Proto-Germanic *garbǭ, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *gʰórbʰ-eh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- (“to grab, gather up”).[1]

Pronunciation

/ˈɣar.baː/

Noun

*garbā f

  1. sheaf
    Synonym: *skaub

Inflection
ōn-stem
Singular
Nominative *garbā
Genitive *garbōn
Singular Plural
Nominative *garbā *garbōn
Accusative *garbōn *garbōn
Genitive *garbōn *garbōnō
Dative *garbōn *garbōm, *garbum
Instrumental *garbōn *garbōm, *garbum

Alternative reconstructions
  • *garbu

Descendants
  • Old Frisian: *jerfe, *iērfe
  • Old Saxon: garba, garva
    • Middle Low German: garve
      • German Low German: Garve, Garv
      • Plautdietsch: Goaw
  • Old Dutch: *garva, garava, garova
    • Middle Dutch: garve
  • Old High German: garba
  • → Old French: garbe, jarbe
    • Middle French: garbe, gerbe
    • → Middle English: garbe
    • → Medieval Latin: garba (or via Old High German) (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Garbe”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, pages 244-245
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