Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bandi

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 *bandī.

Noun

*bandi f

1. band, bond, fetter

Inflection

ī/jō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*bandi
Genitive	*bandijā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*bandi	*bandijō
Accusative	*bandijā	*bandijā
Genitive	*bandijā	*bandijō
Dative	*bandijē	*bandijōm, *bandijum
Instrumental	*bandiju	*bandijōm, *bandijum

Related terms

• *band m or n
• *bandī n
  • Old Frisian: bende n (“band, fetter”)
    • Saterland Frisian: Beend n (“band, cord, fishing line”)
  • Old Saxon: *bendi
    • Middle Low German: bende n
  • Old High German: *benti
    • Middle High German: bende n
• *bindā
• *bindu

Descendants

• Old English: bænd, bend
  • Middle English: band, bend
    • Scots: band, bend
    • English: band, bond, bend
• Old Frisian: bend
• Old Saxon: bendi
• Old Dutch: *bendi
  • Middle Dutch: bende (“band, fetter, buoy", also "band, stripe", also "band, troop, group”) (merged with or influenced by Old French bande (“troop”))
    • Dutch: bende, bent (“gang, troop, crew, mob”)
    • → Saterland Frisian: Beende f (“gang, pack”)
    • → West Frisian: binde m or f (“gang, troop”)