Where does “bane” come from?
bane (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Middle Low German bāne, from Old Saxon 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-.
bane (Norwegian Bokmål): a trajectory; a railway line; a sports field
Definitions
- a trajectory; a railway line; a sports field
Ancestry of “bane”, step by step
bane traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle Low German bāne
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | bāne | — |
| 2 | Old Saxon | bana | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *banu | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | banō | a battlefield; a clearing; open space; a cleared... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | banô | murderer |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷʰon-on- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷʰen- | to strike, slay, kill |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰon- | — |
via Old Norse bani
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | bani | death; that which causes death |