Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/þebōnþorn

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Alternative forms

*þebāþorn

Etymology

From *þebā (a derivative of *þebōn (“to become hot”) only attested in the Malberg Glosses) + *þorn (“thorn”).^[1]

Noun

*þebōnþorn m

The European buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica)

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*þebōnþorn
Genitive	*þebōnþornas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*þebōnþorn	þebōnþornō, þebōnþornōs
Accusative	*þebōnþorn	*þebōnþornā
Genitive	*þebōnþornas	*þebōnþornō
Dative	*þebōnþornē	*þebōnþornum
Instrumental	*þebōnþornu	*þebōnþornum

Descendants

Old English: þefanþorn, ðeofeðorn, þefonþorn, thebanthorn, þebanthron — early, þȳfeþorn — influenced by þȳfel
- Middle English: thevethorn, thefthorne, thethorn, thethorne, theuthorne, thevethorne, thewe-thorn, þefeþorn, þefþorne, þeoveþorn, þifþorn (Early Middle English)
  - Middle English: theve (back-formation)
    - ⇒ English: feaberry, faeberry, faiberry, fayberry
Old High German: *debūndorn, depandorn (hapax)

References

^ Lloyd, Albert L., Lühr, Rosemarie (1988) “*debandorn, depandorn”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Althochdeutschen‎^[1] (in German), Göttingen/Zürich: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 548

[1] Lloyd, Albert L., Lühr, Rosemarie (1988) “*debandorn, depandorn”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Althochdeutschen‎^[1] (in German), Göttingen/Zürich: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 548

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