Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wiþubain
Proto-West Germanic
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *wiþubainą.[1] Equivalent to *wiþu (“collar”) + *bain (“bone”). Cognate with Old Norse viðbein.
Noun
edit*wiþubain n
Inflection
editNeuter a-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *wiþubain | |
Genitive | *wiþubainas | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *wiþubain | *wiþubainu |
Accusative | *wiþubain | *wiþubainu |
Genitive | *wiþubainas | *wiþubainō |
Dative | *wiþubainē | *wiþubainum |
Instrumental | *wiþubainu | *wiþubainum |
Descendants
edit- Old English: wiþobān, widobān
- English: withbone
- Old Frisian: widubēn, widebēn, wedebēn
- Old Saxon: *withebēn
- Middle Low German: wêdebên
References
edit- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*wiþi-bainan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 464