Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/eban

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 by Latin hebenus (“ebony”).

Noun

*eban n

1. ebony

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*eban
Genitive	*ebanas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*eban	*ebanō, *ebanōs
Accusative	*eban	*ebanā
Genitive	*ebanas	*ebanō
Dative	*ebanē	*ebanum
Instrumental	*ebanu	*ebanum

Derived terms

• *ebanaholt
  • Old Saxon: *ebanholt
    • Middle Low German: *ebenholt
      • Low German: ebenholt
      • → Danish: ibenholt (confused with MLG îbenholt (“yew”))
        • → Norwegian: ibenholt
  • Old Dutch: *ebanholt
    • Middle Dutch: *ebenhout, ebeenhout
      • Dutch: ebbenhout, (arcahaic) ebenhout
        • Afrikaans: ebbehout
  • Old High German: ebanholz
    • Middle High German: *ebenholz
      • German: Ebenholz (see there for further descendants)

Descendants

• Old Saxon: *eban, evan
  • Middle Low German: *eben
    • → Swedish: eben
      • → Finnish: eeben
• Old Dutch: *eban
  • Middle Dutch: ebeen
    • Dutch: ebben
• Old High German: eban