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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hebun

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

Possibly from Proto-Germanic *hebnaz, from earlier *hemnaz with nasal dissimilation, either syncopated from or a parallel formation of *himinaz and doublet with *himil (“sky; heaven”).[1][2][3]

Noun

*hebun m[4]

  1. (North Sea Germanic) sky
    Synonyms: *himil, *luftu
  2. (North Sea Germanic) heaven
    Synonym: *himil

Inflection
Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *hebun
Genitive *hebunas
Singular Plural
Nominative *hebun *hebunō, *hebunōs
Accusative *hebun *hebunā
Genitive *hebunas *hebunō
Dative *hebunē *hebunum
Instrumental *hebunu *hebunum

Alternative reconstructions
  • *hebn

Descendants

References
  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) “3. k̂em-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 556-557
  2. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*hemina- ~ *hemna-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 220
  3. Boutkan, Dirk, Siebinga, Sjoerd (2005) “himul”, in Old Frisian Etymological Dictionary (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 1), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 172-173
  4. Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 272: “northern WGmc *hebun”
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