Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gabbōn

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 *gabbōną.

Verb

*gabbōn

to joke, mock
to laugh

Inflection

Class 2 weak
Infinitive	*gabbōn
1st sg. past	*gabbōdā
Infinitive	*gabbōn
Genitive infin.	*gabbōnijas
Dative infin.	*gabbōnijē
Instrum. infin.	*gabbōniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*gabbō	*gabbōdā
2nd singular	*gabbōs	gabbōdēs, gabbōdōs
3rd singular	*gabbōþ	gabbōdē, gabbōdā
1st plural	*gabbōm	*gabbōdum
2nd plural	*gabbōþ	*gabbōdud
3rd plural	*gabbōnþ	*gabbōdun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*gabbō	*gabbōdī
2nd singular	*gabbōs	*gabbōdī
3rd singular	*gabbō	*gabbōdī
1st plural	*gabbōm	*gabbōdīm
2nd plural	*gabbōþ	*gabbōdīd
3rd plural	*gabbōn	*gabbōdīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*gabbō
Plural	*gabbōþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*gabbōndī	*gabbōd

Related terms

*gapōn

Descendants

Old English: *gabbian, gabban
- Middle English: gabben
  - English: gab
    - ⇒ English: gabble (possibly borrowed from Dutch)
Old Frisian: gabbia
- ⇒ Saterland Frisian: gabbelje
- West Frisian: gabbje
Old Saxon: *gabbōn
- Middle Low German: gabben
  - ⇒ German Low German: gabbeln
Old Dutch: *gabbon
- Middle Dutch: gabben
  - Dutch: gabben
    - →⇒ Swedish: begabba
    - ⇒ Dutch: gabbelen
  - ⇒ Dutch: ginnegappen, ginnegabben, ginnegaffen

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