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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/banjō

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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-yeh₂, from *gʷʰen- (“to strike, kill”), although disputed by Kroonen, who instead derives it from bʰon-eye-.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbɑn.jɔː/

Noun

*banjō f

  1. wound

Inflection
ō-stemDeclension of *banjō (ō-stem)
singular plural
nominative *banjō *banjôz
vocative *banjō *banjôz
accusative *banjǭ *banjōz
genitive *banjōz *banjǫ̂
dative *banjōi *banjōmaz
instrumental *banjō *banjōmiz

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *bannju
    • Old English: benn
    • Old Saxon: beni
  • Old Norse: ben
  • Gothic: 𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌾𐌰 (banja)

Further reading
  • Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*banjō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 51
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