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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

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

Words derived from “ebba”

  • ebbe
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂epó →