u̯āb-

    u̯āb-

    English meaning: to call, cry, complain

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “rufen, schreien, wehklagen”

    Material: Goth. wōpjan schw. V. “call, shout, cry”, O.Ice. ø̄pa schw. V. “call, shout, cry, wail “, ōp ‘shout, call, clamor, lamentation “, O.H.G. wuoffen, M.H.G. wũefen schw. V. “lament, weep”; O.H.G. wuofan(wiaf) ds. (wuof “Jammergeschrei”), O.S. wōpian (wiop) ds. (wōp “ misery “), O.E. wēpan (wēop) “weep, cry” (wōp ‘shout, call, clamor, Weinen”); O.C.S. vabljǫ, vabiti “herbeirufen, herbeilocken”, Ltv. (from dem Slav.) vübīti, Lith. võbyti “vor Gericht arrogate”.

    References: WP. I 217, WH. II 726, 733 f., Trautmann 336 f., Vasmer 1, 161;

    See also: further to u̯ap-.