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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/būwāną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

Related to *būaną (“to dwell”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbuː.wɑː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*būwāną[1]

  1. to settle, to inhabit
  2. to build

Inflection
Conjugation of *būwāną (weak class 3)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *būwō ?— ? ?
2nd singular *būwaisi ?*būwai*būwāsai ?
3rd singular *būwaiþi ?*būwāþau*būwāþai ?
1st dual *būwōs ?———
2nd dual *būwāþiz ?*būwāþiz——
1st plural *būwāmaz ?—*būwānþai ?
2nd plural *būwaiþ ?*būwaiþ*būwānþai ?
3rd plural *būwānþi ?*būwānþau*būwānþai ?
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *būwadǭ*būwadēdį̄
2nd singular *būwadēz*būwadēdīz
3rd singular *būwadē*būwadēdī
1st dual *būwadēdū*būwadēdīw
2nd dual *būwadēdudiz*būwadēdīdiz
1st plural *būwadēdum*būwadēdīm
2nd plural *būwadēdud*būwadēdīd
3rd plural *būwadēdun*būwadēdīn
present past
participles *būwāndz*būwadaz

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *būwēn
    • Old English: bogian, bugian
    • Old Frisian: bogia
  • Old Norse: byggja, byggva (if not from *būwijaną instead)

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*buwwēn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 86
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