Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bain

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 Proto-Germanic *bainą.

Noun

*bain n

1. leg
2. bone

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*bain
Genitive	*bainas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*bain	*bainu
Accusative	*bain	*bainu
Genitive	*bainas	*bainō
Dative	*bainē	*bainum
Instrumental	*bainu	*bainum

Descendants

• 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
    • East Central German:

      Upper Saxon German: Been

    • German: Bein
    • Luxembourgish: Been
    • Vilamovian: baan
    • Yiddish: ביין (beyn)