Where does “ebben” come from?

ebben (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch ebbon, from Proto-West Germanic *abbjōn — to ebb, recede.

Ancestry of “ebben”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchebbonto ebb
2Proto-West Germanic*abbjōnto ebb, recede

Words derived from “ebben”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *abbjōn →Every word from Old Dutch ebbon →
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