Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bōn

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *bōnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-nó-s, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to shine”). Cognate with Proto-Celtic *bānos (“white”).[1]

Adjective[edit]

*bōn

  1. pretty, shining

Declension[edit]

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Old Dutch: *bōn
    • >? Middle Dutch: boen (alternatively borrowed from Old French bon (“good”)[2])

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*bōnjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matthias de Vries, Lambert Allard te Winkel (1864) “boen”, in Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, published 2001
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