Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/stebnu

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

Alternative forms

*stemnu

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *stebnō.

Noun

*stebnu f^[1]

voice

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*stebnu
Genitive	*stebnā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*stebnu	*stebnō
Accusative	*stebnā	*stebnā
Genitive	*stebnā	*stebnō
Dative	*stebnē	stebnōm, stebnum
Instrumental	*stebnu	stebnōm, stebnum

Descendants

Old English: stefn, stemn
- Middle English: steven, stemne, stempne
  - English: steven, stevvon, stempne
  - Scots: stevin, stewyn
Old Frisian: stifne, stemme
- Saterland Frisian: Stämme
- West Frisian: stim
Old Saxon: *stefna, stemna
- Middle Low German: stēvene, stempne, stemne, stimne, stemme, stimme
  - German Low German: Stemm, Stimm
Old Dutch: *stevna, stemma, stimna
- Middle Dutch: stevene, stemme
  - Dutch: stem
  - Limburgish: stöm
Old High German: stimna
- Middle High German: stimme
  - German: Stimme
  - Luxembourgish: Stëmm

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 330: “PWGmc *stebnu”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 330: “PWGmc *stebnu”

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