Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/būkōn

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

Unknown; possibly related to *bōku (“beech”), *bōkijā (“beech”), lye being commonly made from beech ash.^[1] Perhaps cognate with Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐌱𐌰𐌿𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (usbaugjan, “to sweep”).

Verb

*būkōn^[2]^[3]

to soak (esp. in beech lye)

Inflection

Class 2 weak
Infinitive	*būkōn
1st sg. past	*būkōdā
Infinitive	*būkōn
Genitive infin.	*būkōnijas
Dative infin.	*būkōnijē
Instrum. infin.	*būkōniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*būkō	*būkōdā
2nd singular	*būkōs	būkōdēs, būkōdōs
3rd singular	*būkōþ	būkōdē, būkōdā
1st plural	*būkōm	*būkōdum
2nd plural	*būkōþ	*būkōdud
3rd plural	*būkōnþ	*būkōdun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*būkō	*būkōdī
2nd singular	*būkōs	*būkōdī
3rd singular	*būkō	*būkōdī
1st plural	*būkōm	*būkōdīm
2nd plural	*būkōþ	*būkōdīd
3rd plural	*būkōn	*būkōdīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*būkō
Plural	*būkōþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*būkōndī	*būkōd

Descendants

Old Dutch: *būkōn (“to soak, wash”)
- Middle Dutch: bûken (“to wash in beech lye”)
  - → Middle English: bouken (“to soak in a lye solution”)^[4]
    - English: buck
Old High German: *būkōn
- Middle High German: būchen, biuchen (“to wash out with lye”) (late)
  - German: bauchen, bäuchen
→ Vulgar Latin: *būcō (“to soak, wash”)^[5]
- Old French: buer [13th c., Sept Sages]
  - French: buer
- ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *būcāta (“laundry”, literally “soaked”)^[2]^[5]
  - Old French: buee [1190, J. Bod.]
    - Middle French: buée
      - French: buée
    - Norman:
      Jersey Norman: buâie
  - Old Occitan: bugada
    - Catalan: bugada
    - → Franco-Provençal:^[5]
      Savoyard: boya
  - Italian: bucato

References

^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “64”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page bauchen
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “bûkôn”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 15/2: Germanismes: Bu–F, page 9
^ A. J., Greimas (1968) “I. buer”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancien français: jusqu’au milieu du XIVᵉ siècle (in French), Paris: Librairie Larousse, →ISBN, page 86: “germ. bukon”
^ “bǒuken, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 Viret, Roger (2013) “LESSIVE”, in Dictionnaire français - savoyard: comportant plusieurs variantes de la langue savoyarde‎^[1] (in French), Aliance Culturèla Arpitanna

[1] Friedrich Kluge (1989) “64”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page bauchen

[FEW-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “bûkôn”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 15/2: Germanismes: Bu–F, page 9

[3] A. J., Greimas (1968) “I. buer”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancien français: jusqu’au milieu du XIVᵉ siècle (in French), Paris: Librairie Larousse, →ISBN, page 86: “germ. bukon”

[4] “bǒuken, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

[DFS-5] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 Viret, Roger (2013) “LESSIVE”, in Dictionnaire français - savoyard: comportant plusieurs variantes de la langue savoyarde‎^[1] (in French), Aliance Culturèla Arpitanna

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