Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bōniz

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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

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Etymology

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Either from *bōjaną +‎ *-niz,[1] or inherited from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-ni-s, of the same root, from *bʰeh₂- (to say, speak) +‎ *-nis.[2] Cognate with Old Armenian բան (ban, word, speech), Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ, sound, tone).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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*bōniz f[1][2][3][4][5]

  1. supplication, prayer

Inflection

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i-stemDeclension of *bōniz (i-stem)
singular plural
nominative *bōniz *bōnīz
vocative *bōni *bōnīz
accusative *bōnį *bōninz
genitive *bōnīz *bōnijǫ̂
dative *bōnī *bōnimaz
instrumental *bōnī *bōnimiz
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Descendants

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*bōniz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 52
  2. 2.0 2.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*bōni-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 72
  3. ^ Torp, Alf (1919) “Bøn”, in Nynorsk Etymologisk Ordbok, Oslo: H. Aschehoug and Co. (W. Nygaard), page 820:Germ. grf. *bôkni- til idg. rot *bhā
  4. ^ Hellquist, Elof (1922) “bön”, in Svensk etymologisk ordbok [Swedish etymological dictionary]‎[2] (in Swedish), Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups förlag, page 79:germ. *bōni-
  5. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 227:PNWGmc *bōniz ‘prayer, request’