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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bainaz
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *bʰey- (“to hit, strike, beat”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɑi̯.nɑz/
Adjective
*bainaz
- straight, right
- ready, willing
Inflection
Declension of *bainaz (a-stem, strong only)
strong declension | ||||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
nominative | *bainaz | *bainai | *bainō | *bainôz | *bainą, *-atō | *bainō |
accusative | *bainanǭ | *bainanz | *bainǭ | *bainōz | *bainą, *-atō | *bainō |
genitive | *bainas, *bainis | *bainaizǫ̂ | *bainaizōz | *bainaizǫ̂ | *bainas, *bainis | *bainaizǫ̂ |
dative | *bainammai | *bainaimaz | *bainaizōi | *bainaimaz | *bainammai | *bainaimaz |
instrumental | *bainanō | *bainaimiz | *bainaizō | *bainaimiz | *bainanō | *bainaimiz |
Derived terms
- *bainą
Descendants
- Old Norse: beinn
- Icelandic: beinn
- Faroese: beinur
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: ben
- Nynorska: bein
- Swedish: bena
- Danish: ben
- Middle English: beyn, bayn, bayne, bain
- Scots: bein, bien
- English: bain