Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hebun
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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[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Possibly from Proto-Germanic *hebnaz, from earlier *hemnaz with nasal dissimilation, either syncopated from or a parallel formation of *himinaz and doublet with *himil (“sky; heaven”).[1][2][3]
Noun[edit]
*hebun m[4]
- (North Sea Germanic) sky
- (North Sea Germanic) heaven
- Synonym: *himil
Inflection[edit]
| Masculine a-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *hebun | |
| Genitive | *hebunas | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *hebun | *hebunō, *hebunōs |
| Accusative | *hebun | *hebunā |
| Genitive | *hebunas | *hebunō |
| Dative | *hebunē | *hebunum |
| Instrumental | *hebunu | *hebunum |
Alternative reconstructions[edit]
- *hebn
Descendants[edit]
- Old English: heofon, hefæn, heben, hefon, heafun, heofen, heofun, heofan, hiofon; heofene, heofone
- Old Saxon: hevan, heban
- Old Dutch: *hevan
- Middle Dutch: heven
- Old High German: heban
- Middle High German: hëben
References[edit]
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “3. k̂em-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 556-557
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*hemina- ~ *hemna-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 220
- ^ Boutkan, Dirk, Siebinga, Sjoerd (2005) “himul”, in Old Frisian Etymological Dictionary (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 1), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 172-173
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 272: “northern WGmc *hebun”