Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/tibā

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 *tibǭ. A geminate byform *tibbǭ > *tibbā gave German dialectal Zippe, Zibbe (“ewe; doe (hare, rabbit)”), Icelandic tebba (“vixen”), and possibly English tib (“working-class woman”).

Noun

*tibā f

1. bitch, female dog

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*tibā
Genitive	*tibōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*tibā	*tibōn
Accusative	*tibōn	*tibōn
Genitive	*tibōn	*tibōnō
Dative	*tibōn	*tibōm, *tibum
Instrumental	*tibōn	*tibōm, *tibum

Descendants

• Old English: tife
• Old Frisian: *tive, *teve
  • Saterland Frisian: Tieuwe
• Old Saxon: *tiva
  • Middle Low German: teve, tiffe
    • German Low German: Teve, Teev, Tiff
    • → Old Norse: tefja
      • Danish: tæve
      • Swedish: täva; (täfsa (dialectal))
• Old Dutch: *tiva
  • Middle Dutch: tēve
    • Dutch: teef
      • Afrikaans: teef
      • → West Frisian: teef
• >? Old High German: *zibba
  • >? Middle High German: *zibbe, *zippe
    • >? German: Zibbe, Zippe (attetsted 19th c.)