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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.
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *bandī.
Noun
*bandi f[1]
- band, bond, fetter
Inflection
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Singular
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*bandi
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| Genitive
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*bandijā
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Singular
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Plural
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| Nominative
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*bandi
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*bandijō
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| Accusative
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*bandijā
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*bandijā
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| Genitive
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*bandijā
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*bandijō
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| Dative
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*bandijē
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*bandijōm, *bandijum
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| Instrumental
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*bandiju
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*bandijōm, *bandijum
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- *band m or n
- *bandī n
- Old Frisian: bende n (“band, fetter”)
- Saterland Frisian: Beend n (“band, cord, fishing line”)
- Old Saxon: *bendi
- Middle Low German: bende n
- Old High German: *benti
- Middle High German: bende n
- *bindā
- *bindu
Descendants
- Old English: bænd, bend
- Old Frisian: bend
- Old Saxon: bendi
- Old Dutch: *bendi
- Middle Dutch: bende (“band, fetter, buoy", also "band, stripe", also "band, troop, group”) (merged with or influenced by Old French bande (“troop”))
- Dutch: bende, bent (“gang, troop, crew, mob”)
- → Saterland Frisian: Beende f (“gang, pack”)
- → West Frisian: binde m or f (“gang, troop”)
References
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 14: “PWGmc *bandi”