Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bōþō

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 reconstructions

*būþō, *bōþǭ

Etymology

A nominal derivative from *būaną (“to dwell, reside”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbɔː.θɔː/

Noun

*bōþō f^[1]

building, hut
dwelling

Declension

Declension of *bōþō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*bōþō	*bōþôz
vocative	*bōþō	*bōþôz
accusative	*bōþǭ	*bōþōz
genitive	*bōþōz	*bōþǫ̂
dative	*bōþōi	*bōþōmaz
instrumental	*bōþō	*bōþōmiz

Synonyms

*būwą

Derived terms

*bōdilaz

Related terms

*būaną

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *bōþu
- Old Frisian: *bōthe, *bōth
  - North Frisian: bood n
  - Saterland Frisian: Boue
  - West Frisian: bodde m or f
- Old Saxon: *bōtha
  - Middle Low German: bôde
    - German Low German: Bood, Boo
    - → Estonian: pood
- Old Dutch: *buotha
  - Middle Dutch: boede
    - Dutch: boede; boet, boe, boeie (dialectal)
- Old High German: *buoda
  - Middle High German: buode
    - German: Bude
      - → German Low German: Bude, Buud
        → Saterland Frisian: Bude, Buude
    - → Old Czech: buda
      - Czech: bouda
        → German: Baude
Old West Norse: búð
- Icelandic: búð
- Faroese: búð
- Norwegian Nynorsk: bu, bud
  - → Norwegian Bokmål: bu
Old East Norse: bóð
- Old Swedish: bōþ
  - Swedish: bod
- Old Danish: bōð
  - Danish: bod
    - Norwegian Bokmål: bod
- → Middle English: bothe
  - Scots: buth
  - English: booth

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*ƀūþō ~ *ƀōþōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 65

[HGE-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*ƀūþō ~ *ƀōþōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 65

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