Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bannaną

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 *bʰh₂-nw-, a zero grade nu-present form of Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (to speak), similar in form to Vedic Sanskrit भनति (bhánati, idem).[1] The cluster -nw- seems to have caused gemination; see *kinnuz, *þunnuz for the same development.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɑn.nɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*bannaną

  1. to proclaim, to order
  2. to summon
  3. to ban

Inflection

Conjugation of (strong class 7c)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *bannō *bannaų *bannai ?
2nd singular *bannizi *bannaiz *bann *bannazai *bannaizau
3rd singular *bannidi *bannai *bannadau *bannadai *bannaidau
1st dual *bannōz *bannaiw
2nd dual *bannadiz *bannaidiz *bannadiz
1st plural *bannamaz *bannaim *bannandai *bannaindau
2nd plural *bannid *bannaid *bannid *bannandai *bannaindau
3rd plural *bannandi *bannain *bannandau *bannandai *bannaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *beban(n) *bebannį̄
2nd singular *beban(n)t *bebannīz
3rd singular *beban(n) *bebannī
1st dual *bebannū *bebannīw
2nd dual *bebannudiz *bebannīdiz
1st plural *bebannum *bebannīm
2nd plural *bebannud *bebannīd
3rd plural *bebannun *bebannīn
present past
participles *bannandz *bannanaz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *bannan
    • Old English: bannan
      • Middle English: bannen, bonnen
    • Old Frisian: banna
    • Old Saxon: bannan
    • Old Dutch: *bannan
    • Old High German: pannan, bannan
    • Late Latin: banniō (see there for further descendants)
  • Old Norse: banna

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*bannan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 52