Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/īsabain

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

Borrowed from Latin ischia, ischion (“hipbone”) +‎ *bain (“bone”).[1]

Noun

*īsabain n

  1. ham hock, pork knuckle

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
Singular
Nominative *īsabain
Genitive *īsabainas
Singular Plural
Nominative *īsabain *īsabainu
Accusative *īsabain *īsabainu
Genitive *īsabainas *īsabainō
Dative *īsabainē *īsabainum
Instrumental *īsabainu *īsabainum

Alternative reconstructions

  • *īsijabain

Descendants

  • Old English: īsbān
    • English: ice-bone (dialectal)
  • Old Saxon: īsbēn
    • Middle Low German: îsbên, îsbein
      • → Danish: isben
      • → Swedish: isben
  • Old Dutch: *īsbēn
    • Middle Dutch: îsebeen, ijsbeen, ischbeen
      • Dutch: ijsbeen
  • Old High German: īsbein

References

  1. ^ de Vries, Jan (1971) “ijsbeen”, in Nederlands etymologisch woordenboek [Dutch etymological dictionary] (in Dutch), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
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