Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bainą

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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-Germanic

Etymology

From *bainaz (“straight”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbɑi̯.nɑ̃/

Noun

*bainą n [1]

leg
bone

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *bainą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*bainą	*bainō
vocative	*bainą	*bainō
accusative	*bainą	*bainō
genitive	bainas, bainis	*bainǫ̂
dative	*bainai	*bainamaz
instrumental	*bainō	*bainamiz

Derived terms

*hrugjabainą

Related terms

*bainaz

Descendants

Old English: bān
- Middle English: ban, bon
  - Scots: bane, bean, bain
  - English: bone
  - Yola: bane
Old Frisian: bēn
- North Frisian: bian, bien
- Saterland Frisian: Been; (Bunke)
- West Frisian: bien, bonke
Old Saxon: bēn
- Middle Low German: bên
  - Low German: Been, Bein
  - Plautdietsch: Been
Old Dutch: bēn
- Middle Dutch: bêen
  - Dutch: been
Old High German: bein
- Middle High German: bein
  - Alemannic German:
    Swabian: Boi, Boa
  - Bavarian: Boan
  - East Central German:
    Upper Saxon: Been
  - German: Bein
  - Luxembourgish: Been
  - Vilamovian: baan
  - Yiddish: ביין‎ (beyn)
Old Norse: bein
- Icelandic: bein
- Faroese: bein
- Norn: ben
- Norwegian:
  - Bokmål: ben
  - Nynorsk: bein
- Old Swedish: bēn
  - Swedish: ben
- Danish: ben
- Elfdalian: bein
- Old Gutnish: bain
  - Gutnish: bain

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*baina-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 48

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[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*baina-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 48