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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/
biobanā
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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.
Contents
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Proto-West Germanic
1.1
Alternative forms
1.2
Etymology
1.3
Adverb
1.3.1
Descendants
Proto-West Germanic
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Alternative forms
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*bioban
Etymology
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From
*bi-
+
*obanā
.
Adverb
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*biobanā
Synonym of
*obanā
Descendants
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Old English:
bufan
Middle English:
boven
,
bove
⇒
Old English:
ābufan
,
onbufan
Middle English:
aboven
,
above
,
abuven
English:
above
,
aboon
⇒
?
English:
bove
Scots:
abuin
,
abune
,
abane
,
abeen
,
abine
,
abin
;
abeun
,
abön
;
aboon
Yola:
aboo
Old Frisian:
bova
West Frisian:
boppe
(
influenced by
oppe
)
Old Saxon:
bioban
,
*biobana
Middle Low German:
bōven
,
bōvene
Low German:
baven
,
boven
Old Dutch:
*biovan
,
*bovan
Middle Dutch:
boven
Dutch:
boven
Afrikaans:
bo
Berbice Creole Dutch:
bofu
Javindo:
bofen
Jersey Dutch:
bôve
Negerhollands:
boven
,
bovo
,
bobo
,
bu
,
bo
>
?
Old High German:
*biobana
,
*biovana
Middle High German:
boben
,
bobene
,
boven
(
possibly borrowed or calqued from Middle Low German
)
Rhine Franconian:
bowen