Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/īsabain
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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[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin ischia, ischion (“hipbone”) + *bain (“bone”).[1]
Noun[edit]
*īsabain n
Inflection[edit]
| Neuter a-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *īsabain | |
| Genitive | *īsabainas | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *īsabain | *īsabainu |
| Accusative | *īsabain | *īsabainu |
| Genitive | *īsabainas | *īsabainō |
| Dative | *īsabainē | *īsabainum |
| Instrumental | *īsabainu | *īsabainum |
Alternative reconstructions[edit]
- *īsijabain
Descendants[edit]
- Old English: īsbān
- English: ice-bone (dialectal)
- Old Saxon: īsbēn
- Old Dutch: *īsbēn
- Old High German: īsbein
References[edit]
- ^ de Vries, Jan (1971) “ijsbeen”, in Nederlands etymologisch woordenboek [Dutch etymological dictionary] (in Dutch), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN