Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ābanþ

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

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ēbanþs.

Noun

*ābanþ f

evening
Synonym: *kwildi

Inflection

Consonant stem
	Singular
Nominative	*ābanþ
Genitive	*ābundi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*ābanþ	*ābanþi
Accusative	*ābanþu	*ābanþi
Genitive	*ābundi	*ābundō
Dative	*ābundi	*ābundum
Instrumental	*ābundi	*ābundum

Derived terms

*ābanþēn

Descendants

Old English: ǣfen, ēfen, ēfern
- Middle English: even, evene, efen
  - English: even
  - Scots: evin
  - Yola: e'en
Old Frisian: ēvend, āvend, āiond, iound, iond
- North Frisian: In
- Saterland Frisian: Äivend, Äiwend, Eeuwend, Eeuend (Skäddel)
- West Frisian: jûn
Old Saxon: āvand
- Middle Low German: âvent
  - Low German: Avend
    - German Low German: Avend
      Paderbornisch: Owend
Old Dutch: avont
- Middle Dutch: avont, avent
  - Dutch: avond
    - Afrikaans: aand
    - Berbice Creole Dutch: tafn
    - Jersey Dutch: âvond
    - Negerhollands: avond, navont
  - Limburgish: aovendj
Old High German: āband
- Middle High German: ābent
  - Alemannic German: Obad, Obid
    Swabian: Obad
  - Bavarian:
    Cimbrian: aabend
  - Central Franconian: Oovend
    Hunsrik: Ovend
    Kölsch: Ovend
    Luxembourgish: Owend
  - East Central German: Ohmd, Oomd
  - German: Abend
  - Rhine Franconian: Owed, Owend
    Pennsylvania German: Owed
  - Vilamovian: ȫwyt
  - Yiddish: אָוונט (ovnt)
  - → North Frisian: Oabend