Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/īsabain

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

Borrowed from Latin ischia, ischion (“hipbone”) +‎ *bain (“bone”).

Noun

*īsabain n

1. ham hock, pork knuckle

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*īsabain
Genitive	*īsabainas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*īsabain	*īsabainu
Accusative	*īsabain	*īsabainu
Genitive	*īsabainas	*īsabainō
Dative	*īsabainē	*īsabainum
Instrumental	*īsabainu	*īsabainum

Alternative reconstructions

• *īsijabain

Descendants

• Old English: īsbān
  • English: ice-bone (dialectal)
• Old Saxon: īsbēn
  • Middle Low German: îsbên, îsbein
    • → Danish: isben
    • → Swedish: isben
• Old Dutch: *īsbēn
  • Middle Dutch: îsebeen, ijsbeen, ischbeen
    • Dutch: ijsbeen
• Old High German: īsbein
  • Middle High German: īsbein
    • German: Eisbein (regional)