Where does “*cwabbe” come from?
*cwabbe (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic *kwabbā, from Proto-Indo-European gʷeh₂bʰ- — to dive, dive in.
Ancestry of “*cwabbe”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Germanic | *kwabbā | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷeh₂bʰ- | to dive, dive in |