Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bini

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

Fossilized from Proto-Germanic *biniz, genitive singular of *bijǭ (“bee”).

Noun

*bini m

1. bee

   Synonyms: *bijā, *imbī

Inflection

i-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*bini
Genitive	*binī
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*bini	*binī
Accusative	*bini	*binī
Genitive	*binī	*binnjō
Dative	*binī	*binim, *binnjum
Instrumental	*binī	*binim, *binnjum

Descendants

• Old Saxon: bini; bina, *bīna
  • Middle Low German: bīne, bēne, bēn, beine
• Old High German: bini; bīna (latter from a merger with *bijō)
  • Middle High German: bin, bine; bīn
    • Bavarian: Bein
    • German: Biene
    • Hunsrik: Bien
    • Rhine Franconian: Beene, Bie
    • Vilamovian: byn
    • Yiddish: בין (bin)