Words that come from Proto-Germanic “jabai”

140 words across 32 languages descend from Proto-Germanic jabai — including if, oblige, obliging, obligingly, obligor, obligee, endif, iffy.

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Danish (36)

English (27)

Finnish (11)

German (9)

Swedish (7)

Old High German (5)

Middle English (5)

Gothic (4)

Dutch (3)

Icelandic (2)

West Frisian (2)

ôf
of

Hungarian (2)

Sranan Tongo (2)

Old English (2)

Norwegian Nynorsk (2)

Old Saxon (2)

ef
of

Norwegian Bokmål (2)

Middle High German (2)

ob
obe

Old Danish (2)

em
ef

Afrikaans (1)

of

Volapük (1)

if

Luxembourgish (1)

ob

Yiddish (1)

אויב

Old Norse (1)

ef

Middle Dutch (1)

of

Old Dutch (1)

of

Proto-Germanic (1)

ibai

Old Frisian (1)

jef

Proto-West Germanic (1)

*jabē

Old Swedish (1)

iæf

Yola (1)

yith

Papiamentu (1)

òf