Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/elpandabainīn

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 *elpandabain (“ivory”) +‎ *-īn (adjective suffix).

Adjective

*elpandabainīn

1. made of ivory

Inflection

a-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*elpandabainīn
Genitive	*elpandabainīnas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*elpandabainīn	*elpandabainīnu	*elpandabainīn
Accusative	*elpandabainīnanā	*elpandabainīnā	*elpandabainīn
Genitive	*elpandabainīnas	*elpandabainīneʀā	*elpandabainīnas
Dative	*elpandabainīnumē	*elpandabainīneʀē	*elpandabainīnumē
Instrumental	*elpandabainīnu	*elpandabainīneʀu	*elpandabainīnu
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*elpandabainīnē	*elpandabainīnō	*elpandabainīnu
Accusative	*elpandabainīnā	*elpandabainīnā	*elpandabainīnu
Genitive	*elpandabainīneʀō	*elpandabainīneʀō	*elpandabainīneʀō
Dative	*elpandabainīnēm, *elpandabainīnum	*elpandabainīnēm, *elpandabainīnum	*elpandabainīnēm, *elpandabainīnum
Instrumental	*elpandabainīnēm, *elpandabainīnum	*elpandabainīnēm, *elpandabainīnum	*elpandabainīnēm, *elpandabainīnum

Descendants

• Old English: elpendbǣnen
  • Middle English: ylpenbænen
• Old Frisian: *elpendbēnen, *elpenbēnen
  • West Frisian: elpenbienen
• Old Saxon: *elpandbēnīn
  • Middle Low German: elpenbênen, elpenbeinen
• Old Dutch: elpantbēnin
  • Middle Dutch: elpenbenen
    • Dutch: elpenbeenen (obsolete), elpenbenen
      • → West Frisian: elpenbenen
• Old High German: elfantbeinīn, helfantbeinīn
  • Middle High German: ëlfenbeinīn, hëlfenbeinīn
    • ⇒ German: elfenbeinern