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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bōn

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

Adjective

*bōn

  1. pretty, shining

Declension
a-stem
Singular Masculine
Nominative *bōn
Genitive *bōnas
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *bōn *bōnu *bōn
Accusative *bōnanā *bōnā *bōn
Genitive *bōnas *bōneʀā *bōnas
Dative *bōnumē *bōneʀē *bōnumē
Instrumental *bōnu *bōneʀu *bōnu
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *bōnē *bōnō *bōnu
Accusative *bōnā *bōnā *bōnu
Genitive *bōneʀō *bōneʀō *bōneʀō
Dative *bōnēm, *bōnum *bōnēm, *bōnum *bōnēm, *bōnum
Instrumental *bōnēm, *bōnum *bōnēm, *bōnum *bōnēm, *bōnum

Derived terms

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

References
  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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