Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bannju

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 edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *banjō.

Noun edit

*bannju f[1]

  1. wound

Inflection edit

ō-stem
Singular
Nominative *bannju
Genitive *bannjā
Singular Plural
Nominative *bannju *bannjō
Accusative *bannjā *bannjā
Genitive *bannjā *bannjō
Dative *bannjē *bannjōm, *bannjum
Instrumental *bannju *bannjōm, *bannjum

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Old English: benn
  • Old Saxon: beni

References edit

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 229:PWGmc *banʲnʲu