Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ābanþ

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 *ēbanþs.

Noun

*ābanþ f

evening
Synonym: *kwildi

Inflection

The oblique cases have zero-grade *-un- and the voiced Verner alternant.

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Old English: ǣfen, ēfen, ēfern
- Middle English: eaven, even, evin, evyn
  - English: even, eve
  - Scots: evin, ewin, e'en, een
Old Frisian: ēvend, āvend, āiond, iound, iond
- North Frisian: in
- Saterland Frisian: Äiwend
- West Frisian: jûn
Old Saxon: āvand
- Middle Low German: âvent
  - German Low German: Avend
    Paderbornisch: Owend
Old Dutch: avont
- Middle Dutch: avont, avent
  - Dutch: avond
    - Afrikaans: aand
  - Limburgish: aovendj
Old High German: āband
- Middle High German: ābent
  - Alemannic German: Obad, Obid
    Swabian: Obad
  - Bavarian:
    Cimbrian: aabend
  - Central Franconian: Oovend
    Hunsrik: Ovend
    Kölsch: Ovend
    Luxembourgish: Owend
  - East Central German: Ohmd, Oomd
  - German: Abend
  - Rhine Franconian: Owed, Owend
    Pennsylvania German: Owed
  - Vilamovian: ȫwyt
  - Yiddish: אָוונט‎ (ovnt)