Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/pīnabaum

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 *pīnā (“pine”) +‎ *baum (“tree”).^[1]

Noun

*pīnabaum m

pine tree
Synonyms: *pīnā, *dannā, *dannjā, *furhu

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*pīnabaum
Genitive	*pīnabaumas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*pīnabaum	pīnabaumō, pīnabaumōs
Accusative	*pīnabaum	*pīnabaumā
Genitive	*pīnabaumas	*pīnabaumō
Dative	*pīnabaumē	*pīnabaumum
Instrumental	*pīnabaumu	*pīnabaumum

Descendants

Old English: pīnbēam
- ⇒ Old English: pīntrēow
  - Middle English: pynetre, pyne tree
    - English: pine tree
Old Dutch: *pīnbōm
- Middle Dutch: pijnboom
  - Dutch: pijnboom
Old High German: pīnboum
- Middle High German: pinboum
  - German: Pinbaum (archaic)

References

^ Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) “pijnboom”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands‎^[1] (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press

[1] Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) “pijnboom”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands‎^[1] (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press

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