Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/eban

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

Borrowed by Latin hebenus (“ebony”).^[1]

Noun

*eban n

ebony

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*eban
Genitive	*ebanas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*eban	ebanō, ebanōs
Accusative	*eban	*ebanā
Genitive	*ebanas	*ebanō
Dative	*ebanē	*ebanum
Instrumental	*ebanu	*ebanum

Derived terms

*ebanaholt
- Old Saxon: *ebanholt
  - Middle Low German: *ebenholt
    - Low German: ebenholt
    - → Danish: ibenholt (confused with MLG îbenholt (“yew”))
      - → Norwegian: ibenholt
- Old Dutch: *ebanholt
  - Middle Dutch: *ebenhout, ebeenhout
    - Dutch: ebbenhout, (arcahaic) ebenhout
      - Afrikaans: ebbehout
- Old High German: ebanholz
  - Middle High German: *ebenholz
    - German: Ebenholz (see there for further descendants)

Descendants

Old Saxon: *eban, evan
- Middle Low German: *eben
  - → Swedish: eben
    - → Finnish: eeben
Old Dutch: *eban
- Middle Dutch: ebeen
  - Dutch: ebben
Old High German: eban

References

^ Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) “ebbenhout”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands‎ (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press

[1] Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) “ebbenhout”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands‎ (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press

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