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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ābanþ

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

From Proto-Germanic *ēbanþs.

Noun

*ābanþ f

  1. 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: even, evene, even, efen
      • English: even
      • Yola: e'en
  • Old Frisian: ēvend, āvend, āiond, iound, iond
  • Old Saxon: āvand
  • Old Dutch: avont
  • Old High German: āband
    • Middle High German: ābent
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