Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/banjō

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰon-yeh₂, from *gʷʰen- (“to strike, kill”), although disputed by Kroonen, who instead derives it from *bʰon-eye-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑn.jɔː/

Noun

*banjō f

1. wound

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *banjō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*banjō	*banjôz
vocative	*banjō	*banjôz
accusative	*banjǭ	*banjōz
genitive	*banjōz	*banjǫ̂
dative	*banjōi	*banjōmaz
instrumental	*banjō	*banjōmiz

Derived terms

• *banjōną

Related terms

• *banô

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *bannju
  • Old English: benn
  • Old Saxon: beni
• Old Norse: ben
  • Icelandic: ben
  • Faroese: ben
  • Norwegian: ben
  • Old Swedish: bæn
• Gothic: 𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌾𐌰 (banja)

Further reading

• Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*banjō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 51