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”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbuː.wɑː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*būwāną[1]

  1. to settle, to inhabit
  2. to build

Inflection

Conjugation of (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)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 86
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