Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/banô

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

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰon-ō, from *gʷʰen- (“to strike, kill”), though the sound change required from *gʷʰ > *b is controversial.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑ.nɔːː/

Noun

*banô m

1. murderer, killer, slayer
2. bane, death

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *banô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*banô	*bananiz
vocative	*banô	*bananiz
accusative	*bananų	*bananunz
genitive	*baniniz	*bananǫ̂
dative	*banini	*banammaz
instrumental	*baninē	*banammiz

Derived terms

• *banōną
• *brōþurbanô (“brother-slayer, fratricide”)
• *fadurbanô (“father-slayer, patricide”)
• *werþaną tō banini (“become a slayer; kill”)

Related terms

• *banjō
• *banō
• *gunþiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *banō
  • Old English: bana, bona
    • Middle English: bane, ban, bayn, beone, bone
      • English: bane
      • Scots: bane, baine, bain, bayn, bone
  • Old Frisian: bona
  • Old Saxon: bano
    • Middle Low German: bāne
  • Old Dutch: *bano
    • Middle Dutch: bāne
  • Old High German: bano
    • Middle High German: bane, ban
• Old Norse: bani
  • Icelandic: bani
  • Faroese: bani
  • Norn: bani
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bane
  • Old Swedish: bani
    • Swedish: bane
  • Old Danish: banæ
    • Danish: bane
      • Norwegian Bokmål: bane