Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ofn

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 *ufnaz.

Noun

*ofn m[1]

oven

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*ofn
Genitive	*ofnas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*ofn	ofnō, ofnōs
Accusative	*ofn	*ofnā
Genitive	*ofnas	*ofnō
Dative	*ofnē	*ofnum
Instrumental	*ofnu	*ofnum

Descendants

Old English: ofn, ofen; ofnet
- Middle English: oven
  - Scots: ovin, uven, une
  - English: oven
    - → Chichewa: uvuni
    - → Zulu: uhhavini
Old Frisian: oven
- North Frisian: oven, ouvn
- Saterland Frisian: Ougend (< *ogn ?)
- West Frisian: ûne, ûn
Old Saxon: *ovan
- Middle Low German: ōven
  - German Low German: Aven
Old Dutch: *ovan
- Middle Dutch: ōven
  - Dutch: oven
    - Afrikaans: oond
    - → Indonesian: oven
  - Limburgish: aove
Old High German: ofan, ovan, ovin
- Middle High German: oven
  - Central Franconian: Ovve, Owe, Uawe
  - German: Ofen
  - Hunsrik: Ove
  - Luxembourgish: Uewen
  - Transylvanian Saxon: Owen, Îewen
  - Vilamovian: uwa
  - Yiddish: אויוון‎ (oyvn)

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 *ofn”

[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 331: “PWGmc *ofn”