Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/elpandabain

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

From *elpand (“elephant; ivory”) +‎ *bain (“bone”).

Noun

*elpandabain n

1. ivory

   Synonym: *elpand

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*elpandabain
Genitive	*elpandabainas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*elpandabain	*elpandabainu
Accusative	*elpandabain	*elpandabainu
Genitive	*elpandabainas	*elpandabainō
Dative	*elpandabainē	*elpandabainum
Instrumental	*elpandabainu	*elpandabainum

Derived terms

• *elpandabainīn

Descendants

• Old English: elpendbān, ylpenbān
  • Middle English: ylpen-ban, hilpen ban
    • ⇒ Middle English: alpes bon
• Old Frisian: *elpendbēn, *elpenbēn
  • Saterland Frisian: Älpenbeen
  • West Frisian: elpenbien
• Old Saxon: *elpandbēn
  • Middle Low German: elpenbên, elpenbein
    • → Saterland Frisian: Älpenbeen
• Old Dutch: elpondbēn, elpantbēn
  • Middle Dutch: elpenbeen
    • Dutch: elpenbeen
      • Afrikaans: elpebeen
      • → West Frisian: elpenbeen
• Old High German: elfantbein, helfantbein, helfanbein
  • Middle High German: elfenbein, helfenbein
    • German: Elfenbein, Helfenbein (obsolete)
      • → Danish: elfenben
      • → Norwegian Bokmål: elfenben, elfenbein
      • → Norwegian Nynorsk: elfenbein
      • → Swedish: elfenben
    • → Middle Low German: elfenbên
      • → Saterland Frisian: Älfenbeen