Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ēbanþs

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɛː.βɑnθs/

Noun

*ēbanþs m

evening

Inflection

The oblique cases have zero-grade *-un- and the voiced Verner alternant.

consonant stemDeclension of *ēbanþs (consonant stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*ēbanþs	*ēbanþiz
vocative	*ēbanþ	*ēbanþiz
accusative	*ēbanþų	*ēbanþunz
genitive	*ēbundiz	*ēbundǫ̂
dative	*ēbundi	*ēbundumaz
instrumental	*ēbundē	*ēbundumiz

Synonyms

*kwildiz

Descendants

Old English: ǣfen, ēfen; ēfern; æftentīd
- Middle English: eaven, even, evin, evyn
  - Scots: evin, ewin, e'en, een
  - English: even, eve; evening
Old Frisian: ēvend, āvend, āiond, iound, iond
- North Frisian: in
- Saterland Frisian: Äiwend
- West Frisian: jûn
Old Saxon: āvand, āƀand
- Middle Low German: âvent
  - German Low German: Avend
    Paderbornisch: Owend
Old Dutch: avont
- Middle Dutch: avont, avent
  - Dutch: avond
    - Afrikaans: aand
Old High German: āband
- Middle High German: ābent
  - Alemannic German: Obad, Obid
    Swabian: Obad
  - Bavarian:
    Cimbrian: aabend
  - Central Franconian: Oovend
    Kölsch: Ovend
  - East Central German: Ohmd, Oomd
  - German: Abend
  - Luxembourgish: Owend
  - Rhine Franconian:
    Pennsylvania German: Owed
  - Vilamovian: ȫwyt
  - Yiddish: אָוונט‎ (ovnt)
Old Norse: aptann, aptunn
- Icelandic: aftann
- Faroese: aftan
- Norwegian:
  - Bokmål: aften
  - Nynorsk: aftan, eftan
- Old Swedish: aptan, aftan, afton
  - Swedish: afton
    - → Finnish: aatto
- Old Danish: aftæn
  - Danish: aften
- Westrobothnian: ǡftă
- Elfdalian: otn
- Gutnish: aften
- Scanian: avtan

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