ebbes

== Dutch == === Noun === ebbes plural of ebbe == Pennsylvania German == === Alternative forms === eppes === 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 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 (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 something