*ribją

Runic: ᚱᛁᛒᛃᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈriβ.jɑ̃/

noun · neuter · ja-stem

Meanings

  1. rib
  2. reef, ridge (attested in Old Norse)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁rebʰ-yo-m, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rebʰ- (‘to cover, to roof; rib’).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.ribjąribjō
Acc.ribjąribjō
Gen.ribjas, ribisribjǫ̂
Dat.ribjairibjamaz
Inst.ribjōribjamiz
Voc.ribjąribjō

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Descendants

  • *ribi (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *ribbi (Old Dutch)
      • ribbe, rebbe (Middle Dutch)
        • ribbe, rib (Dutch)
  • *ribi (Proto-West Germanic)
    • ribb, rib (Old English)
      • ribbe, rib (Middle English)
        • rib (English)
        • rib (Scots)
  • *ribi (Proto-West Germanic)
    • ribb, rebb, rib, reb (Old Frisian)
      • robb, rabb (North Frisian)
      • Ribbe (Saterland Frisian)
      • ribbe (West Frisian)
  • *ribi (Proto-West Germanic)
    • ribi, ribbi, rippi, ribba, rippa (Old High German)
      • ribbe, ribe, rippe (Middle High German)
        • Rippe, Riebe (German)
        • Rëpp (Luxembourgish)
        • rejw (Vilamovian)
        • ריפּ (rip) (Yiddish)
  • *ribi (Proto-West Germanic)
    • ribbi (Old Saxon)
      • ribbe, rebbe (Middle Low German)
        • rib (Danish)
        • Ribbe, Ribb (German Low German)
        • Ribbe (Low German)
        • ribbe (Norwegian)
        • ribba (Swedish)
  • rif (Old Norse)
    • riv (Faroese)
    • rif (Icelandic)
    • rev (Norwegian Bokmål)
    • rev (Norwegian Nynorsk)
    • riv, rev (Old Danish)
  • rif (Old Norse)
    • rif (Middle Dutch)
      • rif (Dutch)
        • rif (Afrikaans)
  • rif (Old Norse)
    • rif (Middle English)
      • reef (English)
      • rif, riv (Scots)
  • rif (Old Norse)
    • rif, ref (Middle Low German)
      • Riff (German)
      • Riff, Reff (Low German)
  • rif (Old Norse)
    • rif (Old Swedish)
      • ref, rev, revben (Swedish)
  • *rippja (Suevic)
    • ripa, corripa (Galician)

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