Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bewwą

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

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to become, to grow”).

Noun

*bewwą n[1]

  1. crops, yield
  2. barley

Inflection

Declension of *bewwą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *bewwą *bewwō
vocative *bewwą *bewwō
accusative *bewwą *bewwō
genitive *bewwas, *biwwis *bewwǫ̂
dative *bewwai *bewwamaz
instrumental *bewwō *bewwamiz

Alternative reconstructions

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *beuw
    • Old English: bēow
    • Old Frisian: bē
    • Old Saxon: beo, beu
      • ⇒ Old Saxon: beuwod, bewod
    • Old High German: *beo
      • Middle High German: bū, bou (merger with *bū m or n)
  • Proto-Norse: *ᛒᛁᚷᚹᚨ (*bigwa /⁠*biggwa⁠/)

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*bewwa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 63
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