Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ebn

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 *ebnaz.

Adjective

*ebn^[1]

even, level

Inflection

a-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*ebn
Genitive	*ebnas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*ebn	*ebnu	*ebn
Accusative	*ebnanā	*ebnā	*ebn
Genitive	*ebnas	*ebneʀā	*ebnas
Dative	*ebnumē	*ebneʀē	*ebnumē
Instrumental	*ebnu	*ebneʀu	*ebnu
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*ebnē	*ebnō	*ebnu
Accusative	*ebnā	*ebnā	*ebnu
Genitive	*ebneʀō	*ebneʀō	*ebneʀō
Dative	ebnēm, ebnum	ebnēm, ebnum	ebnēm, ebnum
Instrumental	ebnēm, ebnum	ebnēm, ebnum	ebnēm, ebnum

Derived terms

Descendants

Old English: efn, efen, emn, em
- Middle English: even
  - English: even
  - Scots: evin
Old Frisian: even, ivin
- Saterland Frisian: íeuwen
- West Frisian: effen, even
Old Saxon: evan
- Middle Low German: even
  - Low German: effen, even
  - → Danish: effen
  - → Polabian: aven
  - → Swedish: även
Old Dutch: *evan
- Middle Dutch: ēven
  - Dutch: even
    - Afrikaans: ewe
  - Limburgish: aeve
- Middle Dutch: effen
  - Dutch: effen
    - Afrikaans: effe
Old High German: eban
- Middle High German: eben
  - Alemannic German: ëben
  - Cimbrian: ébane
  - German: eben

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 331: “PWGmc *ebn”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 331: “PWGmc *ebn”

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