Where does “ebbe” come from?

ebbe (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch ebba, from Proto-West Germanic *abbjā, from Proto-Germanic abjǭ, from Proto-Indo-European h₂epó — off, away.

ebbe (Middle Dutch): ebb, low tide

Definitions

  1. ebb, low tide

Ancestry of “ebbe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchebbaebb
2Proto-West Germanic*abbjā—
3Proto-Germanicabjǭebb
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂epóoff, away

Words derived from “ebbe”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂epó →Every word from Proto-Germanic abjǭ →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *abbjā →