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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/banōn
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *banōną, equivalent to *banō (“murderer, killer, death”) + *-ōn.
Verb
*banōn
- to hit
- to kill
Inflection
| Class 2 weak | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *banōn | |
| 1st sg. past | *banōdā | |
| Infinitive | *banōn | |
| Genitive infin. | *banōnijas | |
| Dative infin. | *banōnijē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *banōniju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *banō | *banōdā |
| 2nd singular | *banōs | *banōdēs, *banōdōs |
| 3rd singular | *banōþ | *banōdē, *banōdā |
| 1st plural | *banōm | *banōdum |
| 2nd plural | *banōþ | *banōdud |
| 3rd plural | *banōnþ | *banōdun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *banō | *banōdī |
| 2nd singular | *banōs | *banōdī |
| 3rd singular | *banō | *banōdī |
| 1st plural | *banōm | *banōdīm |
| 2nd plural | *banōþ | *banōdīd |
| 3rd plural | *banōn | *banōdīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *banō | |
| Plural | *banōþ | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *banōndī | *banōd |
Descendants
- Old English: *banian
- Middle English: banen
- English: bane
- Middle English: banen
- Old Frisian: bania
- Old High German: banōn
Etymology 2
From *banu (“a clearing, a path”) + *-ōn.
Verb
*banōn
- to make a clearing
- to make a path, to clear the way
Inflection
| Class 2 weak | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *banōn | |
| 1st sg. past | *banōdā | |
| Infinitive | *banōn | |
| Genitive infin. | *banōnijas | |
| Dative infin. | *banōnijē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *banōniju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *banō | *banōdā |
| 2nd singular | *banōs | *banōdēs, *banōdōs |
| 3rd singular | *banōþ | *banōdē, *banōdā |
| 1st plural | *banōm | *banōdum |
| 2nd plural | *banōþ | *banōdud |
| 3rd plural | *banōnþ | *banōdun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *banō | *banōdī |
| 2nd singular | *banōs | *banōdī |
| 3rd singular | *banō | *banōdī |
| 1st plural | *banōm | *banōdīm |
| 2nd plural | *banōþ | *banōdīd |
| 3rd plural | *banōn | *banōdīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *banō | |
| Plural | *banōþ | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *banōndī | *banōd |
Descendants
- Old Saxon: *banōn
- Middle Low German: bānen
- Old Dutch: *banon
- Middle Dutch: bānen
- Dutch: banen
- Middle Dutch: bānen
- Old High German: *banōn
- Middle High German: banen
- German: bahnen
- Middle High German: banen