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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/buþlijaną

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

Alternative forms

  • *bōþlijaną[1]

Etymology

From *buþlą + *-janą, a variant of *bōþlą (house, dwelling, farm), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂w- (to swell, grow, thrive, be, live, dwell).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbuθ.li.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*buþlijaną

  1. to build

Inflection

Descendants

Old English shows somewhat regular metathesis of -þl- to -lþ-, which becomes -ld-.

References

  1. Boutkan, Dirk; Siebinga, Sjoerd (2005), belda”, in Old Frisian Etymological Dictionary (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 1), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 36: “Denominative verb *bōdl-jan > *bēdl-(j)a(n) > bēlda with metathesis *dl > ld”
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