Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hruggjabain

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 *hrugjabainą. Equivalent to *hrugi (“back, spine”) +‎ *bain (“bone”).

Noun

*hruggjabain n

1. backbone, spine

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*hruggjabain
Genitive	*hruggjabainas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hruggjabain	*hruggjabainu
Accusative	*hruggjabain	*hruggjabainu
Genitive	*hruggjabainas	*hruggjabainō
Dative	*hruggjabainē	*hruggjabainum
Instrumental	*hruggjabainu	*hruggjabainum

Descendants

• Old English: hryċġbān, hryġċbān
  • Middle English: riggebon, riggebone
    • English: ridgebone
    • Scots: rigbane
• Old Frisian: hreggbên, hregbên
  • Saterland Frisian: Räägebunke
  • West Frisian: rêchbonke
• Old Saxon: *hruggibēn
  • Middle Low German: rüggebên, rüggebein, rücbên
    • German Low German: Rüggbunk
• Old Dutch: *ruggibēn
  • Middle Dutch: ruggebene, ruggebeen
    • Dutch: ruggebeen
• Old High German: ruggibein, rukkibein, ruckibein
  • Middle High German: rückebein, ruckebein, rucbein, ruckepein, rucpein, ruggebein, ruggebēn; ruckenbein
    • German: Rückenbein