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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bōniz

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

Either from *bōjaną +‎ *-niz,[1] or inherited from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-ni-s, of the same root, from *bʰeh₂- (“to say, speak”) +‎ *-nis.[2] Cognate with Old Armenian բան (ban, “word, speech”), Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound, tone”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbɔː.niz/

Noun

*bōniz f[1][2][3][4][5]

  1. supplication, prayer

Inflection
i-stemDeclension of *bōniz (i-stem)
singular plural
nominative *bōniz *bōnīz
vocative *bōni *bōnīz
accusative *bōnį *bōninz
genitive *bōnīz *bōnijǫ̂
dative *bōnī *bōnimaz
instrumental *bōnī *bōnimiz

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *bōni
    • Old English: bēn
      • Middle English: ben, bene
        • English: ben, bene
          • ⇒ English: bee
        • ⇒ Scots: been-hook, been-plough
  • Old Norse: bǿn, bón, bœn

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*bōniz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 52
  2. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*bōni-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 72
  3. Torp, Alf (1919) “Bøn”, in Nynorsk Etymologisk Ordbok, Oslo: H. Aschehoug and Co. (W. Nygaard), page 820: “Germ. grf. *bôkni- til idg. rot *bhā”
  4. Hellquist, Elof (1922) “bön”, in Svensk etymologisk ordbok [Swedish etymological dictionary]‎ (in Swedish), Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups förlag, page 79: “germ. *bōni-”
  5. Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 227: “PNWGmc *bōniz ‘prayer, request’”
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