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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/binut

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

Unknown. Probably a pre-Indo-European substrate word.[1]

Noun

*binut m

  1. bentgrass
    Synonym: *beusu

Inflection
Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *binut
Genitive *binutas
Singular Plural
Nominative *binut *binutō, *binutōs
Accusative *binut *binutā
Genitive *binutas *binutō
Dative *binutē *binutum
Instrumental *binutu *binutum

Descendants
  • Old English: bionot, beonot, beonet (used in toponyms and anthroponyms)
  • Old Frisian: *binut
    • Saterland Frisian: Bjunt
    • West Frisian: bjint, biünte, bjont, also pluraletantum bjinten, binten
  • Old Saxon: binut (used in toponyms)
    • ⇒ Old Saxon: binutīn, binitīn (“made of bentgrass”, adjective)
  • Old Dutch: bint, bent (in toponyms)
  • Old High German: binuʒ m, biniʒ m, binuʒʒa f
    • Middle High German: bineʒ m, binʒ f, binʒe f or m, binʒen n
      • German: Binze, Bintze f or m, now Binse f
    • ⇒ Old High German: binuzzīn (adjective)
      • Middle High German: binezīn
        • German: binsen

References
  1. van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “bent”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
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