Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bōnōn

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

Possibly from *bōn (“pretty, shining”) +‎ *-ōn, though the existence of such an adjective is uncertain.

Verb

*bōnōn^[1]

to make shiny
to make pretty

Inflection

Class 2 weak
Infinitive	*bōnōn
1st sg. past	*bōnōdā
Infinitive	*bōnōn
Genitive infin.	*bōnōnijas
Dative infin.	*bōnōnijē
Instrum. infin.	*bōnōniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*bōnō	*bōnōdā
2nd singular	*bōnōs	bōnōdēs, bōnōdōs
3rd singular	*bōnōþ	bōnōdē, bōnōdā
1st plural	*bōnōm	*bōnōdum
2nd plural	*bōnōþ	*bōnōdud
3rd plural	*bōnōnþ	*bōnōdun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*bōnō	*bōnōdī
2nd singular	*bōnōs	*bōnōdī
3rd singular	*bōnō	*bōnōdī
1st plural	*bōnōm	*bōnōdīm
2nd plural	*bōnōþ	*bōnōdīd
3rd plural	*bōnōn	*bōnōdīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*bōnō
Plural	*bōnōþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*bōnōndī	*bōnōd

Related terms

*bōnijan

Descendants

Old English: bōnian
Old Saxon: *bōnōn
- Middle Low German: bônen
  - Low German: bohnen
    - → German: bohnen (archaic)
      - ⇒ German: bohnern
  - → Danish: bone
  - → Norwegian: bone
  - → Swedish: bona
Old Dutch: *buonon
- Middle Dutch: boenen
  - Dutch: boenen (could also be from *bōnijan)
    - ⇒ Afrikaans: boener
  - Limburgish: bone

References

^ de Vries, Jan (1971), “boenen”, in Nederlands etymologisch woordenboek [Dutch etymological dictionary] (in Dutch), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN: “westgerm. *bōnōn, bōnian ‘glanzend maken’”

[1] Vries, Jan (1971), “boenen”, in Nederlands etymologisch woordenboek [Dutch etymological dictionary] (in Dutch), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN: “westgerm. *bōnōn, bōnian ‘glanzend maken’”

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