Where does “ebbe” come from?

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

ebbe (Middle English): ebb, low tide

Definitions

  1. ebb, low tide

Ancestry of “ebbe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishebbaebb, tide
2Proto-Germanicabjǭebb
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂epóoff, away

Words derived from “ebbe”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂epó →Every word from Proto-Germanic abjǭ →Every word from Old English ebba →
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