Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/þebōnþorn
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Proto-West Germanic[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From *þebā (a derivative of *þebōn (“to become hot”) only attested in the Malberg Glosses) + *þorn (“thorn”).[1]
Noun[edit]
*þebōnþorn m
- The European buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica)
Inflection[edit]
Masculine a-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *þebōnþorn | |
Genitive | *þebōnþornas | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *þebōnþorn | *þebōnþornō, *þebōnþornōs |
Accusative | *þebōnþorn | *þebōnþornā |
Genitive | *þebōnþornas | *þebōnþornō |
Dative | *þebōnþornē | *þebōnþornum |
Instrumental | *þebōnþornu | *þebōnþornum |
Descendants[edit]
- Old English: þefanþorn, ðeofeðorn, þefonþorn; þebanthorn, þebanthron; þȳfeþorn
- Middle English: thevethorn, thefthorne, thethorn, thethorne, theuthorne, thevethorne, thewe-thorn, þefeþorn, þefþorne, þeoveþorn; þifþorn
- Old High German: *debūndorn, depandorn (hapax)
References[edit]
- ^ Lloyd, Albert L., Lühr, Rosemarie (1988) “*debandorn, depandorn”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Althochdeutschen (in German), Göttingen/Zürich: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 548