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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ībr

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

Usually connected by ablaut with *aibr (“bitter, sharp”), from Proto-Germanic *aibraz.[1]

Noun

*ībr m

  1. zeal, eagerness
  2. jealousy

Inflection
Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *ībr
Genitive *ībras
Singular Plural
Nominative *ībr *ībrō, *ībrōs
Accusative *ībr *ībrā
Genitive *ībras *ībrō
Dative *ībrē *ībrum
Instrumental *ībru *ībrum

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Old Saxon: *īfar
    • Middle Low German: īver, yffer, ywer
      • German Low German: iever
        • → West Frisian: iver
      • → Danish: iver
      • → Norwegian: iver
      • → Swedish: iver
  • Old High German: *īfar
    • Middle High German: īfer
      • German: Eifer
      • Luxembourgish: Äifer
      • ⇒ Middle High German: gīversal (“zealful”)
      • ⇒ Middle High German: īferlich (“impassioned”)

References
  1. van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “ijver”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
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