Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/þebōnþorn
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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
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From *þebā (a derivative of *þebōn (“to become hot”) only attested in the Malberg Glosses) + *þorn (“thorn”).[1]
Noun
[edit]*þebōnþorn m
- The European buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica)
Inflection
[edit]| Masculine a-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *þebōnþorn | |
| Genitive | *þebōnþornas | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *þebōnþorn | *þebōnþornō, *þebōnþornōs |
| Accusative | *þebōnþorn | *þebōnþornā |
| Genitive | *þebōnþornas | *þebōnþornō |
| Dative | *þebōnþornē | *þebōnþornum |
| Instrumental | *þebōnþornu | *þebōnþornum |
Descendants
[edit]- Old English: þefanþorn, ðeofeðorn, þefonþorn, þebanthorn, þebanthron — early, þȳfeþorn — influenced by þȳfel
- Middle English: thevethorn, thefthorne, thethorn, thethorne, theuthorne, thevethorne, thewe-thorn, þefeþorn, þefþorne, þeoveþorn, þifþorn (Early Middle English)
- Old High German: *debūndorn, depandorn (hapax)
References
[edit]- ^ Lloyd, Albert L., Lühr, Rosemarie (1988) “*debandorn, depandorn”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Althochdeutschen (in German), Göttingen/Zürich: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 548