Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/obaet

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 *ubetą or *ubatją, from *uba- +‎ *etaną (“to eat”) or *atjaną (“to cause to eat; to pasture, graze”), respectively, compare *fraetan (“to devour, consume”). Presumably related to Proto-Slavic *ovoťe (“fruit”).

Noun

*obaet n

1. fruit

   Synonyms: *applu, *fruht

2. nut

   Synonym: *hnut

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*obaet
Genitive	*obaetas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*obaet	*obaetu
Accusative	*obaet	*obaetu
Genitive	*obaetas	*obaetō
Dative	*obaetē	*obaetum
Instrumental	*obaetu	*obaetum

Alternative reconstructions

• *obaati

Descendants

• Old English: ofett, ofet, ofæt, obet
  • Middle English: ovet, ofet, ofvet (Early Middle English)
    • English: ovest (dialectal)
• Old Frisian: *ovet
  • West Frisian: oefte
• Old Saxon: *ovet
  • Middle Low German: ōvet, āvet, ōft
    • German Low German: Aaft, Ooft
• Old Dutch: ovit
  • Middle Dutch: ōvet, ooft
    • Dutch: ooft
• Old High German: obaz, obez
  • Middle High German: obez, obz
    • Alemannic German: Obs
      • Swabian: Obschd
    • Bavarian: Obs, Obscht, Obst
      • Mòcheno: ouvest
    • Central Franconian: Obs, Obst, Ofs, Ubst, Uebst, Uebscht, Ust
      • Kölsch: Obs
    • German: Obst, Obs (dialectal)
      • → German Low German: Obst
    • Hunsrik: Oobst
    • Luxembourgish: Uebst
    • Pennsylvania German: Obscht
    • Rhine Franconian: Uebst
      • Palatine German: Obs, Oubs, Obscht, Oubscht
    • Yiddish: אויפּס (oyps), אויבס (oybs)
• →? Proto-Slavic: *ovoťe