Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/binut
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Proto-West Germanic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unknown. Probably a pre-Indo-European substrate word.[1]
Noun[edit]
*binut m
Inflection[edit]
Masculine a-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *binut | |
Genitive | *binutas | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *binut | *binutō, *binutōs |
Accusative | *binut | *binutā |
Genitive | *binutas | *binutō |
Dative | *binutē | *binutum |
Instrumental | *binutu | *binutum |
Descendants[edit]
- Old English: bionot, beonot, beonet (used in toponyms and anthroponyms)
- Old Frisian: *binut
- Old Saxon: binut (used in toponyms)
- Old Dutch: bint, bent (in toponyms)
- Old High German: binuʒ m, biniʒ m, binuʒʒa f
References[edit]
- ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “bent”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute