Words that come from Proto-Germanic “jabai”

50 words across 20 languages descend from Proto-Germanic jabai — including if, endif, iffy, iffiness, ef, if, ob, oba.

See the etymology of jabai itself →

German (10)

English (6)

Old High German (5)

Middle English (4)

Old Danish (3)

Icelandic (2)

Luxembourgish (2)

Hungarian (2)

Gothic (2)

Old English (2)

Old Norse (2)

ef
em

Middle High German (2)

ob
obe

Volapük (1)

if

Yiddish (1)

אויב

Westrobothnian (1)

öm

Danish (1)

oberst

Central Franconian (1)

off

West Frisian (1)

of

Proto-Germanic (1)

ibai

Old Frisian (1)

jef