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Indogermanisches Etymologisches Woerterbuch [Pokorny] :

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Record number: 2095

Root / lemma: u_ebh-2

English meaning: to wander, roam, swarm

German meaning: `sich hin und her bewegen, wabern, wimmeln'

Material: Mhd. weben `bewegen, schwingen', weberen `sich tummeln', webelen `schwanken', nhd. ostpreus|. wibbeln; mhd. waben, waberen, wabelen `in unsteter Bewegung sein', wappen `hin und her schwanken', nhd. (nd. ) wabbelig `wackelnd, z. B. von Gallertigem', ags. wafian (besonders mit handum) `sich bewegen', mengl. waveren, engl. waver `wanken, schwanken', aisl. vafla `wackeln', vafra `sich unstet hin und zuru"ck bewegen, wabern' (vafrlog `Waberlohe'), vefjast ds. ;

    aisl. va:fa `schweben, baumeln', ags. w:fre `unstet, flackernd';

    lit. vebz^d-u\, -e`/ti `wimmeln, sich verwirren, durcheinander bewegen';

    dazu ahd. wibil m. `Ka"fer, Kornwurm'; as. wivil, mnd. wevel ds. , ags. wifel `Kornwurm', aisl. *vifill in toryfill `Mistka"fer', ags. wibba `Ros|ka"fer'; lit. va~balas `Ka"fer', vabuolas ds. , z^em. vabole`~ `Mistka"fer', lett. vabuolis `Ka"fer' (daneben ostlit. dial. vo/buolas `Ka"fer', z^em. vam~bole`, lett. vambale, vambuole `Mistka"fer').

References: WP. I 257 f. , WH. II 733, Trautmann 336, Vasmer 1, 176;

See also: hierzu: u_ed-

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