Where does “ob” come from?
ob (Luxembourgish) comes from Proto-Germanic jabai, from Proto-Indo-European ē- — then, at that time.
ob (Luxembourgish): if, whether
Ancestry of “ob”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Germanic | jabai | when, if |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | ē- | then, at that time |