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Old English
conjunction
Definitions
- if, whether
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *jabai (when, if) derived from Proto-Indo-European *i- (a pronomial stem).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*i-
Gloss
a pronomial stem
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- yif English
- beobachten German
- darob German
- ob German
- obs German
- of Dutch, Flemish
- ofwel Dutch, Flemish
- *e- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂m̥bʰi Proto-Indo-European
- *i- Proto-Indo-European
- *jabai Proto-Germanic
- *jainaz Proto-Germanic
- *jend- Proto-Germanic
- *umbi Proto-Germanic
- jäv Swedish
- jävig Swedish
- ġif Old English
- yif Middle English
- ef Old Norse
- ef Icelandic
- of Middle Dutch
- ibu Old High German
- ipu Old High German
- of Afrikaans
- obe Middle High German
- ob Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- po Albanian
- 𐌸𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌾𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌹 Gothic
- 𐌾𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌹 Gothic
- אויב Yiddish
- of Old Dutch
- jef Old Frisian
- òf Papiamentu
- *apā Proto-Albanian