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
Ancestry of “ebbe”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Dutch | ebba | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *abbjā | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | abjǭ | ebb |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂epó | off, away |