Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bannan

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *bannaną.

Verb

*bannan[1]

to proclaim
to summon

Inflection

Strong class 7c
Infinitive	*bannan
1st sg. past	*beann
3rd pl. past	*beannun
Past ptcple	*bannan
Infinitive	*bannan
Genitive infin.	*bannannjas
Dative infin.	*bannannjē
Instrum. infin.	*bannannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*bannu	*beann
2nd singular	*banniʀi	*beannī
3rd singular	*bannidi	*beann
1st plural	*bannum	*beannum
2nd plural	*bannid	*beannud
3rd plural	*bannand	*beannun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*bannē	*beannī
2nd singular	*bannēs	*beannī
3rd singular	*bannē	*beannī
1st plural	*bannēm	*beannīm
2nd plural	*bannēþ	*beannīd
3rd plural	*bannēn	*beannīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*bann
Plural	*bannid
	Present	Past
Participle	*bannandī	*bannan

Descendants

Old English: bannan
- Middle English: bannen
  - Scots: ban (“to promise”)
  - English: ban
Old Frisian: banna
- Saterland Frisian: banne
- West Frisian: banne
Old Saxon: bannan
- Middle Low German: bannan, *bannen
  - Low German: bannen
Old Dutch: *bannan
- Middle Dutch: bannen
  - Dutch: bannen
    - Afrikaans: ban
Old High German: pannan, bannan
- Middle High German: bannen
  - German: bannen
    - → Luxembourgish: bannen

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 126: “*bannan”

[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 126: “*bannan”