Where does “ebba” come from?
ebba (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic *abbjā, from Proto-Germanic abjǭ, from Proto-Indo-European h₂epó — off, away.
Ancestry of “ebba”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-West Germanic | *abbjā | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | abjǭ | ebb |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂epó | off, away |
Words derived from “ebba”