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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kabisjō

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

Alternative forms
  • *kabisō

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps related to Proto-Germanic *kafą, *kefō (“sheet; fold; lap; pod; sheath”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑ.βis.jɔː/

Noun

*kabisjō f

  1. concubine

Inflection
ō-stemDeclension of *kabisjō (ō-stem)
singular plural
nominative *kabisjō *kabisjôz
vocative *kabisjō *kabisjôz
accusative *kabisjǭ *kabisjōz
genitive *kabisjōz *kabisjǫ̂
dative *kabisjōi *kabisjōmaz
instrumental *kabisjō *kabisjōmiz

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *kabisi
    • Old English: ċiefes, ċyfys, ċifes, ċyfes
    • Old Saxon: kevis
      • Middle Low German: kēvis, kēves
        • Low German: Keves
    • Old Dutch: *kevesa
      • Middle Dutch: kēefse, kēvisse, kiese
        • Dutch: kevis (“adultery”)
    • Old High German: kebis, chebis, kebisa, chebisa
      • Middle High German: kebes, kebese, kebse
        • → German: Kebse (learned, 18th c.)
      • ⇒ Old High German: kebiswīb
        • Middle High German: kebeswīp
  • Old Norse: kefsir; képsi; kéffir
    • Icelandic: kefsir
    • Old Swedish: kæfsir
  • →? Proto-Finnic: *kabëh (see there for further descendants)
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