gingibero

Old High German

Alternative forms

• gingiber, ingiber

Etymology

Etymology tree

Old Tamil 𑀇𑀜𑁆𑀘𑀺 (iñci)

Proto-Dravidian *wēr

Old Tamil 𑀯𑁂𑀭𑁆 (vēr)

Old Tamil 𑀇𑀜𑁆𑀘𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭𑁆 (iñcivēr)bor.

Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀕𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭 (siṃgivera)der.

Ancient Greek ζιγγίβερις (zingíberis)bor.

Latin zingiberi

Late Latin gingiberbor.

Proto-West Germanic *gingiberō

Old High German gingibero

From Proto-West Germanic *gingiberō.

Noun

gingibero m

1. ginger

Declension

Declension of gingibero (masculine n-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	gingibero	gingiberon, gingiberun
accusative	gingiberon, gingiberun	gingiberon, gingiberun
genitive	gingiberen, gingiberin	gingiberōno
dative	gingiberen, gingiberin	gingiberōm, gingiberōn

Descendants

• Middle High German: ingeber, ingewer, ingwer, gingebere
  • German: Ingwer, Ingber, Imber (dialectal, obsolete)
    • → Estonian: ingver
    • → Latvian: ingvers
    • → Luxembourgish: Ingwer
    • → Polish: imbir, imbier (obsolete), imgbir, ingbier, jęgbir, engbier, imgbier, inbier (Middle Polish)
      • → Belarusian: імбі́р (imbír)
      • → Lithuanian: imbieras
      • → Russian: имби́рь (imbírʹ)
      • → Ukrainian: імби́р (imbýr)
    • → Slovene: īngver, īmber
    • → Lower Sorbian: ingwer
    • → Upper Sorbian: himbjer, ingwer
  • Yiddish: אינגבער (ingber)