ebbes

See also: Ebbes

Dutch

Noun

ebbes

  1. plural of ebbe

Pennsylvania German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German etewaʒ, from Old High German eddeshwaz (whence German etwas), from edde- + hwaz, with the eventual /-tw-/ assimilating to /-b-/. The first element is of obscure origin, but possibly related to Proto-Germanic *ehþau (“otherwise, or, but if”).

Compare Luxembourgish eppes, Yiddish עפּעס (epes), and Rhine Franconian and Swabian ebbes.

Pronoun

ebbes

  1. something

Rhine Franconian

Etymology

From Middle High German etewaʒ, from Old High German eddeshwaz (whence German etwas), from edde- + hwaz, with the eventual /-tw-/ assimilating to /-b-/. The first element is of obscure origin, but possibly related to Proto-Germanic *ehþau (“otherwise, or, but if”).

Compare Luxembourgish eppes, Yiddish עפּעס (epes), and Pennsylvania German and Swabian ebbes.

Pronoun

ebbes

  1. (Palatine) something

Swabian

Etymology

From Middle High German etewaʒ, from Old High German eddeshwaz (whence German etwas), from edde- + hwaz, with the eventual /-tw-/ assimilating to /-b-/. The first element is of obscure origin, but possibly related to Proto-Germanic *ehþau (“otherwise, or, but if”).

Compare Luxembourgish eppes, Yiddish עפּעס (epes), and Pennsylvania German and Rhine Franconian ebbes.

Pronoun

ebbes

  1. something
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