Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bainą

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From *bainaz (“straight”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑi̯.nɑ̃/

Noun

*bainą n

1. leg
2. bone

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *bainą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*bainą	*bainō
vocative	*bainą	*bainō
accusative	*bainą	*bainō
genitive	*bainas, *bainis	*bainǫ̂
dative	*bainai	*bainamaz
instrumental	*bainō	*bainamiz

Derived terms

• *hrugjabainą

Related terms

• *bainaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *bain
  • Old English: bān
    • Middle English: bon, ban, bane, bone, boon
      • English: bone
      • Geordie English: byen
      • Scots: bane, bean, bain
      • Yola: bane
  • Old Frisian: bēn
    • North Frisian:

      Föhr-Amrum: bian

      Goesharde: biin

      Halligen: bian

      Heligoland: Bean

      Mooring: biinj

      Sylt: Biin

      Wiedingharde: biin

    • Saterland Frisian: Been
    • West Frisian: bien
  • Old Saxon: bēn
    • Middle Low German: bên
      • Low German: Been, Bein
      • Plautdietsch: Been
  • Old Dutch: bēn
    • Middle Dutch: bêen
      • Dutch: been
        • Afrikaans: been
        • Berbice Creole Dutch: been
        • Jersey Dutch: beîn
        • Negerhollands: been
        • → Lokono: bèna
      • Limburgish: bein
  • Old High German: bein
    • Middle High German: bein
      • Alemannic German:

        Swabian: Boi, Boa

      • Bavarian: Boan
      • Central Franconian: Been, Bein

        Hunsrik: Been

        Luxembourgish: Been

      • East Central German:

        Upper Saxon German: Been

      • German: Bein
      • Vilamovian: baan
      • Yiddish: ביין (beyn)
• Old Norse: bein
  • Icelandic: bein
  • Faroese: bein
  • Norn: ben
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bein
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: bein
  • Old Swedish: bēn
    • Swedish: ben
  • Danish: ben
    • Norwegian Bokmål: ben
  • Elfdalian: bein
  • Old Gutnish: bain
    • Gutnish: bain