Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/banō

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰon-eh₂, from *gʷʰen- (“to strike, kill”).

Noun

*banō f

a battlefield
a clearing; open space
a cleared way; path
a track

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *banō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*banō	*banôz
vocative	*banō	*banôz
accusative	*banǭ	*banōz
genitive	*banōz	*banǫ̂
dative	*banōi	*banōmaz
instrumental	*banō	*banōmiz

Related terms

Descendants

Old Frisian: *bane
- Saterland Frisian: Boan
- West Frisian: baan
Old Saxon: *bana
- Middle Low German: bāne
  - German Low German: Bahn
  - Danish: bane
  - Swedish: bana
  - Norwegian: bane
Old Dutch: *bana
- Middle Dutch: bāne
  - Dutch: baan
    - Afrikaans: baan
Old High German: *bana
- Middle High German: bane, ban
  - German: Bahn
    - English: U-bahn; autobahn
  - Luxembourgish: Bunn
  - Yiddish: באַן‎ (ban)

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