Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bainą

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

    Nominal formation from *bainaz (“straight”).[1]

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈbɑi̯.nɑ̃/

    Noun

    *bainą n[1]

    1. leg
    2. bone

    Inflection

    Declension of *bainą (neuter a-stem)
    singular plural
    nominative *bainą *bainō
    vocative *bainą *bainō
    accusative *bainą *bainō
    genitive *bainas, *bainis *bainǫ̂
    dative *bainai *bainamaz
    instrumental *bainō *bainamiz

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Proto-West Germanic: *bain
      • Old English: bān
        • Middle English: bon, ban, bane, bone, boon
          • English: bone
          • Geordie English: byen
          • Scots: bane, bain, bean, been
          • Yola: bane
      • Old Frisian: bēn
      • Old Saxon: bēn
      • Old Dutch: bēn
        • Middle Dutch: bêen
          • Dutch: been
            • Afrikaans: been
            • Berbice Creole Dutch: been
            • Jersey Dutch: beîn
            • Negerhollands: been
            • → Lokono: bèna
          • Limburgish: bein
      • Old High German: bein
    • Old Norse: bein

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*baina-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 48
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