bane
Middle English
/ˈbaːn(ə)/
noun
Definitions
- murderer, slayer
- bane, destroyer
Etymology
Inherited from Old English bana inherited from Proto-Germanic *banô root from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen- (kill, strike, slay, beat, hit, drive).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*gʷʰen-
Gloss
kill, strike, slay, beat, hit, drive
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
殺
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bane English
- baneberry English
- baneful English
- banewort English
- bugbane English
- cowbane English
- dogbane English
- fleabane English
- flybane English
- henbane English
- leopardsbane English
- manifestly English
- offend English
- oxbane English
- ratsbane English
- sowbane English
- wolfsbane English
- defendo Latin
- dēfendō Latin
- festinus Latin
- infesto Latin
- infestus Latin
- manifestare Latin
- manifestatio Latin
- manifestatus Latin
- manifesto Latin
- manifestus Latin
- manifestō Latin
- offendo Latin
- offensa Latin
- īnfestō Latin
- θείνω Ancient Greek
- κατέπεφνον Ancient Greek
- φονεύς Ancient Greek
- φόνος Ancient Greek
- ἀνδροφόνος Ancient Greek
- ἔπεφνον Ancient Greek
- *bʰewd- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷʰen- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷʰen-, *gʷʰon- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷʰn̥-(n)i- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷʰn̥-tó-s Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷʰn̥h₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷʰon-on- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷʰénti Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷʰéntis Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷʰónos Proto-Indo-European
- *bainą Proto-Germanic
- *banjō Proto-Germanic
- *banô Proto-Germanic
- *banō Proto-Germanic
- *brōþurbanô Proto-Germanic
- *gandaz Proto-Germanic
- *gunþiz Proto-Germanic
- gonić Polish
- bana Old English
- banleas Old English
- bænen Old English
- bān Old English
- dædbana Old English
- elpendban Old English
- gastbana Old English
- hrycgban Old English
- scinban Old English
- selfbana Old English
- घन Sanskrit
- सघन Sanskrit
- ban Middle English
- banstikel Middle English
- bon Middle English
- bone Middle English
- Gunnhildr Old Norse
- bana Old Norse
- banamaðr Old Norse
- bani Old Norse
- gunnr Old Norse
- *gaňati Proto-Slavic
- *gъnati Proto-Slavic
- *žęti Proto-Slavic
- գան Armenian
- φονεύω Greek (modern)
- bano Old High German
- dzīt Latvian
- *gonô Proto-Celtic
- *gʷaneti Proto-Celtic
- *agʰnyáH Proto-Indo-Iranian
- bano Old Saxon
- beniwunda Old Saxon
- bane Scots
- banie Scots
- breestbane Scots
- dirlie-bane Scots
- hausebane Scots
- hurkle-bane Scots
- marrae-bane Scots
- rumple-bane Scots
- shackle-bane Scots
- spaul-bane Scots
- thee-bane Scots
- thochtbane Scots
- ginti Lithuanian
- 𑀳𑀬 Maharastri Prakrit
- *gínˀtei Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *ǰaθráH Proto-Iranian
- dēfensa la-lat