Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bain

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.

From Proto-Germanic *bainą, from *bainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂-.

*bain n

1. leg
2. bone

• Old English: bān
  • Middle English: bon, ban, bane, bone, boon
    • English: bone
    • Geordie English: byen
    • Scots: bane, bain, bean, been
    • Yola: bane
• Old Frisian: bēn
  • North Frisian:

    Föhr-Amrum: bian

    Goesharde: biin

    Halligen: bian

    Heligoland: Bean

    Mooring: biinj

    Sylt: Biin

    Wiedingharde: biin

  • Saterland Frisian: Been
  • West Frisian: bien
• Old Saxon: bēn
  • Middle Low German: bên
    • Low German: Been, Bein
    • Plautdietsch: Been
• Old Dutch: bēn
  • Middle Dutch: bêen
    • Dutch: been
      • Afrikaans: been
      • Berbice Creole Dutch: been
      • Jersey Dutch: beîn
      • Negerhollands: been
      • → Lokono: bèna
    • Limburgish: bein
• Old High German: bein
  • Middle High German: bein
    • Alemannic German:
      • Swabian: Boi, Boa
    • Bavarian: Boan
    • Central Franconian: Been
      • Hunsrik: Been
      • Luxembourgish: Been
    • East Central German:
      • Upper Saxon German: Been, Baa
    • German: Bein
    • Vilamovian: baan
    • Yiddish: ביין (beyn)