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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *wap-, -b- (Gr w-)
Meaning: to shout
Old Greek: ǟpǘō `laut tönen, laut rufen'
Slavic: *vā́bītī; *vъpī́tī, *vъ̀pьjǭ
Baltic: *wap-ē̂- (*wap-a-)
Germanic: *wa[f]-a- vb., *wōf-ia- vb.; *wōp-ia- vb., *wōp-a- n.
Russ. meaning: кричать
References: WP I 217
Comments: Could be 2 roots (as in Pok.)
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Vasmer's dictionary :

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Word: ва́бить,
Near etymology: ва́блю "манить, звать, приманивать (птиц на охоте)", ва́бик, ваби́ло "приспособлений для приманивания птиц, манок" (Мельников и др.), др.-русск. вабити, укр. ва́бити, ст.-слав. вабити ἀνδραπίζειν (Супр.), болг. ва́бя, сербохорв. ва́бити, словен. vábiti, чеш. vábiti, слвц. vábit', польск. wabić, в-луж. wabić, н.-луж. wabiś. Сюда же др.-русск. вабии "свояк".
Further etymology: Родственно гот. wōpjan "exclamare"; см. Розвадовский, Qu. Gr. 1, 422; Уленбек, PBB 22, 193; 27, 135; Траутман, BSW 336 и сл.
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Baltic etymology :

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Proto-Baltic: *wap-ē̂- (*wap-a-)
Meaning: shout
Indo-European etymology: Indo-European etymology
Lithuanian: vapḗti (vãpa) `plappern, schwatzen, viel Bedeutungsloses reden', vapōti 'plappern, leise reden, zischen'
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Germanic etymology :

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Proto-Germanic: *wa[f]an-, *wōfian-; *wōpian-, *wōpa-n
Meaning: shout, cry
IE etymology: IE etymology
Gothic: wōpjan wk. `call loudly, call loud'
Old Norse: ȫpa wk. `rufen, schreien', ōp n. `Ruf, Geschrei'
Norwegian: vava `Unsinn reden'
Old Swedish: öpa vb.
Old Danish: öbä vb.
Old English: wäflia; wēpan, prt. wēop `weinen', wōp `Ruf, Geschrei, Weinen'
Old Saxon: wōpian, prt. wiop `id.', wōp `Jammer'
Old High German: wuoffen `jammern'; wuofan (prt. wiaf) `id.', wuof `Jammergeschrei'
Middle High German: wuof st. m. 'geschrei, bes. jammergeschrei, klage'wüefen wk 'rufen, schreien, brüllen, jammern, klagen, weinen'
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Pokorny's dictionary :

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Number: 2072
Root: u̯āb-
English meaning: to call, cry, complain
German meaning: `rufen, schreien, wehklagen'
Material: Got. wōpjan schw. V. `schreien, rufen', aisl. ø̄pa schw. V. `rufen, schreien, klagen', ōp `Ruf, Geschrei, Wehklage', ahd. wuoffen, mhd. wüefen schw. V. `wehklagen, jammern'; ahd. wuofan(wiaf) ds. (wuof `Jammergeschrei'), as. wōpian (wiop) ds. (wōp `Jammer'), ags. wēpan (wēop) `weinen' (wōp `Ruf, Geschrei, Weinen');

    aksl. vabljǫ, vabiti `herbeirufen, herbeilocken', lett. (aus dem Slav.) vābīti, lit. võbyti `vor Gericht fordern'.

References: WP. I 217, WH. II 726, 733 f., Trautmann 336 f., Vasmer 1, 161;
See also: weiter zu u̯ap-.
Pages: 1109
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