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

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)

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