Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/binut

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

Unknown. Probably a pre-Indo-European substrate word.

Noun

*binut m

1. bentgrass

   Synonym: *beusu

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*binut
Genitive	*binutas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*binut	*binutō, *binutōs
Accusative	*binut	*binutā
Genitive	*binutas	*binutō
Dative	*binutē	*binutum
Instrumental	*binutu	*binutum

Descendants

• Old English: bionot, beonot, beonet (used in toponyms and anthroponyms)
  • Middle English: benet, bent
    • English: bent
    • Scots: bent, bynt
• Old Frisian: *binut
  • Saterland Frisian: Bjunt
  • West Frisian: bjint, biünte, bjont, also pluraletantum bjinten, binten
• Old Saxon: binut (used in toponyms)
  • ⇒ Old Saxon: binutīn, binitīn (“made of bentgrass”, adjective)
• Old Dutch: bint, bent (in toponyms)
  • Middle Dutch: bent
    • Dutch: bent, bunt
• Old High German: binuʒ m, biniʒ m, binuʒʒa f
  • Middle High German: bineʒ m, binʒ f, binʒe f or m, binʒen n
    • German: Binze, Bintze f or m, now Binse f
  • ⇒ Old High German: binuzzīn (adjective)
    • Middle High German: binezīn
      • German: binsen