Where does “bane” come from?
bane (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch bana, from Proto-West Germanic *banu, from Proto-Germanic banō, from Proto-Germanic banô, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰon-on-, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰen-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰon-.
Ancestry of “bane”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Dutch | bana | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *banu | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | banō | a battlefield; a clearing; open space; a cleared... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | banô | murderer |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷʰon-on- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷʰen- | to strike, slay, kill |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰon- | — |
Words derived from “bane”