Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ebnaz

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

Alternative forms

  • *emnaz

Etymology

    From Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)ém-no- (equal, straight; flat, level, even). Cognate with Sanskrit अम्नस् (amnás, just now, adv.), with differing accent.[1] Whether the root is a derivative of *h₁em- (to take, distribute) is unclear.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈeβ.nɑz/

    Adjective

    *ebnaz

    1. even, level

    Inflection

    Declension of *ebnaz (a-stem)
    Strong declension
    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative *ebnaz *ebnō *ebną, -atō *ebnai *ebnôz *ebnō
    accusative *ebnanǭ *ebnǭ *ebną, -atō *ebnanz *ebnōz *ebnō
    genitive *ebnas, -is *ebnaizōz *ebnas, -is *ebnaizǫ̂ *ebnaizǫ̂ *ebnaizǫ̂
    dative *ebnammai *ebnaizōi *ebnammai *ebnaimaz *ebnaimaz *ebnaimaz
    instrumental *ebnanō *ebnaizō *ebnanō *ebnaimiz *ebnaimiz *ebnaimiz
    Weak declension
    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative *ebnô *ebnǭ *ebnô *ebnaniz *ebnōniz *ebnōnō
    accusative *ebnanų *ebnōnų *ebnô *ebnanunz *ebnōnunz *ebnōnō
    genitive *ebniniz *ebnōniz *ebniniz *ebnanǫ̂ *ebnōnǫ̂ *ebnanǫ̂
    dative *ebnini *ebnōni *ebnini *ebnammaz *ebnōmaz *ebnammaz
    instrumental *ebninē *ebnōnē *ebninē *ebnammiz *ebnōmiz *ebnammiz

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Proto-West Germanic: *ebn
    • Old Norse: jafn, jamn
      • Icelandic: jafn
      • Faroese: javnur
      • Norwegian Nynorsk: jamn
        • Norwegian Bokmål: jamn
      • Old Swedish: iæmpn, iamn, iæmn, iampn
      • Old Danish: iæmfn, iafn, iæfn, ifn, iofn, iauæn, iæuæn, iæmn
      • Elfdalian: iemmen
      • Jamtish: jamn
      • Gutnish: jamnar, jämbar
      • Scanian: jǫvner
    • Gothic: 𐌹𐌱𐌽𐍃 (ibns)

    References

    1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*ebna-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 113-4