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==Etymology==
− It is Middle English rabet, rabbete, probably from a dialectal French source, compare modern French dialect rabotte, young rabbit, and Walloon robète,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986)^(MWU 2024) a diminutive of Flemish or Middle Dutch robbe, rabbit, which is of unknown or uncertain origin.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024) Liberman calls it a Germanic noun with a French suffix:^(Liberman 2008)^(Etymonline) Germanic makes wide use of the root r-b in naming animals, as German Robbe, seal, and Flemish rabbe, robbe, rabbit, and the Walloon word need not be the source.^(Liberman 2008)
+ It is [[inh|enm|rabet]], rabbete, probably from a dialectal French source, compare modern French dialect rabotte, young rabbit, and Walloon robète,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986)^(MWU 2024) a diminutive of Flemish or [[dum|robbe]], rabbit, which is of unknown or uncertain origin.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024) Liberman calls it a Germanic noun with a French suffix:^(Liberman 2008)^(Etymonline) Germanic makes wide use of the root r-b in naming animals, as [[de|Robbe]], seal, and Flemish rabbe, robbe, rabbit, and the Walloon word need not be the source.^(Liberman 2008)
==Earliest recorded meaning==