Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/banōną

This Proto-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-Germanic edit

Etymology edit

From *banô (murderer, killer, death) +‎ *-ōną.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

*banōną[1]

  1. to hit
  2. to kill

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

  • Proto-West Germanic: *banōn
    • Old English: *banian
    • Old Frisian: bania
    • Old High German: banōn
  • Old Norse: bana

References edit

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*banōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 36