Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bandi

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 Proto-Germanic *bandī.

Noun

*bandi f^[1]

band, bond, fetter

Inflection

ī/jō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*bandi
Genitive	*bandijā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*bandi	*bandijō
Accusative	*bandijā	*bandijā
Genitive	*bandijā	*bandijō
Dative	*bandijē	bandijōm, bandijum
Instrumental	*bandiju	bandijōm, bandijum

Related terms

*band m or n
*bandī n
- Old Frisian: bende n (“band, fetter”)
  - Saterland Frisian: Beend n (“band, cord, fishing line”)
- Old Saxon: *bendi
  - Middle Low German: bende n
- Old High German: *benti
  - Middle High German: bende n
*bindā
*bindu

Descendants

Old English: bænd, bend
- Middle English: band, bend
  - Scots: band, bend
  - English: band, bond, bend
Old Frisian: bend
Old Saxon: bendi
Old Dutch: *bendi
- Middle Dutch: bende (“band, fetter, buoy", also "band, stripe", also "band, troop, group”) (merged with or influenced by Old French bande (“troop”))
  - Dutch: bende, bent (“gang, troop, crew, mob”)
  - → Saterland Frisian: Beende f (“gang, pack”)
  - → West Frisian: binde m or f (“gang, troop”)

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 14: “PWGmc *bandi”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 14: “PWGmc *bandi”

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