Old English bana

← Proto-Germanic *banô (inherited)

← Old High German bano (cognate)

← Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen- (root)

← Old Norse bani (cognate)

← Old Frisian bona (cognate)

← Old Saxon bano (cognate)

→ English bane (inherited)

→ Old English gastbana (affix)

→ Old English dædbana (affix)

→ Old English selfbana (affix)

→ Middle English ban (inherited)

→ Middle English bane (inherited)

→ Ancient Greek θείνω (cognate)

→ Sanskrit हन्ति (cognate)