Etymograph

English

schwebeablaut

Schwebeablaut comes from German Schwebeablaut ‘floating ablaut’, from Proto-Germanic *swibāną ‘to move’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ksweybʰ- ‘to twist, turn around’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ksweybʰ-1‘to twist, turn around’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*swibāną1‘to move’reconstructed
  3. Old High Germanc. 750–1050swëbēn1
  4. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350swëben1
  5. Germanc. 1650–presentschweben2‘float, hover’
  6. German, derivedc. 1650–presentSchwebeablaut2‘floating ablaut’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1969schwebeablaut2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, German schweben
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English schwebeablaut
  3. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1969, University of California Publications in: “The number given with the root tells the number…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ksweybʰ-Wiktionary, German schweben‘to twist, turn around’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*swibānąWiktionary, German schweben‘to move’reconstructed
  3. Old High Germanc. 750–1050swëbēnWiktionary, German schweben
  4. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350swëbenWiktionary, German schweben
  5. Germanc. 1650–presentschwebenWiktionary, English schwebeablaut‘float, hover’
  6. German, derivedc. 1650–presentSchwebeablautWiktionary, English schwebeablaut‘floating ablaut’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1969schwebeablautWiktionary, English schwebeablaut. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1969, University of California Publications in: “The number given with the root tells the number…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *ksweybʰ- ‘to twist, turn around’

swivel, 1 more

Today it means

noun The phenomenon or process of metathesis in a Proto-Indo-European root between the vowel and a neighbouring sonorant, which led to both possible full-grades existing, e.g. *grebʰ- and *gerbʰ-.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ksweybʰ- / schwebeablaut

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