Noun: ban
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Etymology
1. From Proto-West Germanic *bain, from Proto-Germanic *bainą.
2. Cognate with Old Frisian bēn (West Frisian bien), Old Saxon bēn (Low German been, bein), Dutch been (“bone, leg”), Old High German bein (German Bein (“leg”)), Old Norse bein (Icelandic bein (“bone”)). See: Dutch Nouns '
been', German Nouns '
Bein', Old Norse Nouns '
bein', Icelandic Nouns '
bein'.
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