Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ebnaz

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

Alternative forms

  • *emnaz

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)ém-no- (equal, straight; flat, level, even). Cognate with Sanskrit अम्नस् (amnás, just now, adv.), with differing accent.[1] Whether the root is a derivative of *h₁em- (to take, distribute) is unclear.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈeβ.nɑz/

Adjective

*ebnaz

  1. even, level

Inflection

Declension of *ebnaz (a-stem)
Strong declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *ebnaz *ebnō *ebną, -atō *ebnai *ebnôz *ebnō
accusative *ebnanǭ *ebnǭ *ebną, -atō *ebnanz *ebnōz *ebnō
genitive *ebnas, -is *ebnaizōz *ebnas, -is *ebnaizǫ̂ *ebnaizǫ̂ *ebnaizǫ̂
dative *ebnammai *ebnaizōi *ebnammai *ebnaimaz *ebnaimaz *ebnaimaz
instrumental *ebnanō *ebnaizō *ebnanō *ebnaimiz *ebnaimiz *ebnaimiz
Weak declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *ebnô *ebnǭ *ebnô *ebnaniz *ebnōniz *ebnōnō
accusative *ebnanų *ebnōnų *ebnô *ebnanunz *ebnōnunz *ebnōnō
genitive *ebniniz *ebnōniz *ebniniz *ebnanǫ̂ *ebnōnǫ̂ *ebnanǫ̂
dative *ebnini *ebnōni *ebnini *ebnammaz *ebnōmaz *ebnammaz
instrumental *ebninē *ebnōnē *ebninē *ebnammiz *ebnōmiz *ebnammiz

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *ebn
  • Old Norse: jafn, jamn
    • Icelandic: jafn
    • Faroese: javnur
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: jamn
      • Norwegian Bokmål: jamn
    • Old Swedish: iæmpn, iamn, iæmn, iampn
    • Old Danish: iæmfn, iafn, iæfn, ifn, iofn, iauæn, iæuæn, iæmn
    • Elfdalian: iemmen
    • Jamtish: jamn
    • Gutnish: jamnar, jämbar
    • Scanian: jǫvner
  • Gothic: 𐌹𐌱𐌽𐍃 (ibns)

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*ebna-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 113-4