*bōniz

Runic: ᛒᛟᚾᛁᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈbɔː.niz/

noun · feminine · i-stem

Meanings

supplication, prayer

Etymology

Possibly inherited from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-ni-s, from *bʰeh₂- (‘to speak, say’). Cognate with Old Armenian բան (ban, ‘word, speech’), Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ) (phōnḗ, ‘sound, tone’), and Macedonian басна (basna, ‘fable’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	bōniz	bōnīz
Acc.	bōnį	bōninz
Gen.	bōnīz	bōnijǫ̂
Dat.	bōnī	bōnimaz
Inst.	bōnī	bōnimiz
Voc.	bōni	bōnīz

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Descendants

*bōni (Proto-West Germanic)
- bēn (Old English)
  - ben, bene (Middle English)
    - ben, bene (English)
      - bee (English)
bón, bǿn, bœn (Old Norse)
- bøn (Danish)
- bøn (Faroese)
- bón, bæn (Icelandic)
- bønn (Norwegian Bokmål)
- bøn, bønn (Norwegian Nynorsk)
bón, bǿn, bœn (Old Norse)
- boon, bone (Middle English)
  - boon (English)
  - boon (Scots)
bón, bǿn, bœn (Old Norse)
- bø̄n, ᛒᚯᚿ (Old Swedish)
  - bön (Swedish)

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