Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bandijaną
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Proto-Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From *bindaną + *-janą[1]. The sense to "bend, inflect" (Old Norse and Old English only) is probably derived from the act of bending a bow in order to bind it.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]- (transitive) To bind, fetter, restrain; stretch
- (transitive) To bend
Inflection
[edit]Conjugation of *bandijaną (weak class 1)
Descendants
[edit]- Proto-West Germanic: *bandijan
- Old Norse: benda
References
[edit]Categories:
- Proto-Germanic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Proto-Germanic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰendʰ-
- Proto-Germanic terms suffixed with *-janą (causative)
- Proto-Germanic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Proto-Germanic lemmas
- Proto-Germanic verbs
- Proto-Germanic transitive verbs
- Proto-Germanic class 1 weak verbs