Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗adj
low, shallow
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryThe receding movement of the tide. · A gradual decline. · A low state; a state of depression. · A European bunting, the corn bunting (Emberiza calandra, syns. Emberiza miliaria, Milaria calandra).
From Middle English ebbe, from Old English ebba (“ebb, tide”), from Proto-West Germanic *abbjā, from Proto-Germanic *abjô, *abjǭ, from Proto-Germanic *ab (“off, away”), from Proto-Indo-European *apó. See also West Frisian ebbe, Dutch eb, German Ebbe, Danish ebbe, Old Norse efja (“countercurrent”), Old English af. More at of, off.
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentionebbeenm
- Inherited-form mentionebbaang
- Inherited-form mention*abbjāgmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*abjôgem-pro
- Derivation mention*abgem-pro
- Derivation mention*apóine-pro
- Cognate mentionebbefy
- Cognate mentionebnl
- Cognate mentionEbbede
- Cognate mentionebbeda
- Cognate mentionefjanon
- Cognate mentionafang
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