Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bain

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 *bainą, from *bainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂-.

Noun

*bain n

leg
bone

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*bain
Genitive	*bainas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*bain	*bainu
Accusative	*bain	*bainu
Genitive	*bainas	*bainō
Dative	*bainē	*bainum
Instrumental	*bainu	*bainum

Derived terms

*bainawurti

Descendants

Old English: bān
- Middle English: bon, ban, bane, bone, boon
  - English: bone
  - Geordie English: byen
  - Scots: bane, bain, bean, been
  - Yola: bane
Old Frisian: bēn
- North Frisian:
  Föhr-Amrum: bian
  Goesharde: biin
  Halligen: bian
  Heligoland: Bean
  Mooring: biinj
  Sylt: Biin
  Wiedingharde: biin
- Saterland Frisian: Been
- West Frisian: bien
Old Saxon: bēn
- Middle Low German: bên
  - Low German: Been, Bein
  - Plautdietsch: Been
Old Dutch: bēn
- Middle Dutch: bêen
  - Dutch: been
    - Afrikaans: been
    - Berbice Creole Dutch: been
    - Jersey Dutch: beîn
    - Negerhollands: been
    - → Lokono: bèna
  - Limburgish: bein
Old High German: bein
- Middle High German: bein
  - Alemannic German:
    - Swabian: Boi, Boa
  - Bavarian: Boan
  - Central Franconian: Been
    - Hunsrik: Been
    - Luxembourgish: Been
  - East Central German:
    - Upper Saxon German: Been, Baa
  - German: Bein
  - Vilamovian: baan
  - Yiddish: ביין (beyn)