Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ēbanþs

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Pre-Germanic *h₁ēpónts ~ *h₁pn̥tés, which appears to be an innovative nt-stem derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi (“on, at, near”).[1]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Where does *aftanaz and *aftunaz fit in?”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛː.βɑnθs/

Noun

*ēbanþs m[1]

  1. evening
    Synonym: *kwildiz

Inflection

The oblique cases have zero-grade *-un- and the voiced Verner alternant.

Declension of *ēbanþs (consonant stem)
singular plural
nominative *ēbanþs *ēbanþiz
vocative *ēbanþ *ēbanþiz
accusative *ēbanþų *ēbanþunz
genitive *ēbundiz *ēbundǫ̂
dative *ēbundi *ēbundumaz
instrumental *ēbundē *ēbundumiz

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*ēbanþ- ~ *ēbund-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 113
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