Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ofn

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 *ufnaz, north and West Germanic variant of *uhnaz (“oven”).

Noun

*ofn m^[1]

oven

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*ofn
Genitive	*ofnas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*ofn	ofnō, ofnōs
Accusative	*ofn	*ofnā
Genitive	*ofnas	*ofnō
Dative	*ofnē	*ofnum
Instrumental	*ofnu	*ofnum

Descendants

Old English: ofn, ofen
- Middle English: oven
  - Scots: ovin, uven, une
  - English: oven
Old Frisian: oven
- North Frisian: oven, ouvn
- Saterland Frisian: Ougend (< *ogn ?)
- West Frisian: ûne, ûn
Old Saxon: *ovan
- Middle Low German: ōven
  - German Low German: Aven
Old Dutch: *ovan
- Middle Dutch: ōven
  - Dutch: oven
    - Afrikaans: oond
    - Negerhollands: oven
    - → Caribbean Javanese: ofen
    - → Indonesian: oven
    - → Sranan Tongo: onfu
      - → Saramaccan: ónfu
  - Limburgish: aove
  - West Flemish: oven
  - Zealandic: oven
Old High German: ofan, ovan
- Middle High German: oven, ofen
  - Central Franconian: Ovve, Owe, Oawe, Uawe (Moselle Franconian)
    - Hunsrik: Ove
    - Luxembourgish: Uewen
    - Transylvanian Saxon: Owen, Îewen
  - German: Ofen
  - Vilamovian: uwa
  - Yiddish: אויוון (oyvn)

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 331: “PWGmc *ofn”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 331: “PWGmc *ofn”

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