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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ebn
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *ebnaz.
Adjective
*ebn[1]
- even, level
Inflection
| a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | ||
| Nominative | *ebn | ||
| Genitive | *ebnas | ||
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *ebn | *ebnu | *ebn |
| Accusative | *ebnanā | *ebnā | *ebn |
| Genitive | *ebnas | *ebneʀā | *ebnas |
| Dative | *ebnumē | *ebneʀē | *ebnumē |
| Instrumental | *ebnu | *ebneʀu | *ebnu |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *ebnē | *ebnō | *ebnu |
| Accusative | *ebnā | *ebnā | *ebnu |
| Genitive | *ebneʀō | *ebneʀō | *ebneʀō |
| Dative | *ebnēm, *ebnum | *ebnēm, *ebnum | *ebnēm, *ebnum |
| Instrumental | *ebnēm, *ebnum | *ebnēm, *ebnum | *ebnēm, *ebnum |
Derived terms
- *unebn
Descendants
- Old English: efen, efn, emn
- Middle English: even
- English: even
- Scots: evin
- Middle English: even
- Old Frisian: even, ivin
- Saterland Frisian: ieuwen
- West Frisian: effen, even
- Old Saxon: evan
- Middle Low German: even
- Low German: effen, even
- → Danish: effen
- → Swedish: även
- Middle Low German: even
- Old Dutch: *evan
- Middle Dutch: ēven
- Dutch: even
- Limburgish: aeve
- Middle Dutch: effen
- Dutch: effen
- Middle Dutch: ēven
- Old High German: eban
- Middle High German: eben
- Alemannic German: ëben
- Cimbrian: ébane
- German: eben
- Middle High German: eben
References
- Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 331: “PWGmc *ebn”