Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bautan

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

    From Proto-Germanic *bautaną.

    Verb

    *bautan

    1. to beat

    Inflection

    Strong class 7b
    Infinitive *bautan
    1st sg. past *beōt
    3rd pl. past *beōtun
    Past ptcple *bautan
    Infinitive *bautan
    Genitive infin. *bautannjas
    Dative infin. *bautannjē
    Instrum. infin. *bautannju
    Indicative Present Past
    1st singular *bautu *beōt
    2nd singular *bautiʀi *beōtī
    3rd singular *bautidi *beōt
    1st plural *bautum *beōtum
    2nd plural *bautid *beōtud
    3rd plural *bautand *beōtun
    Subjunctive Present Past
    1st singular *bautē *beōtī
    2nd singular *bautēs *beōtī
    3rd singular *bautē *beōtī
    1st plural *bautēm *beōtīm
    2nd plural *bautēþ *beōtīd
    3rd plural *bautēn *beōtīn
    Imperative Present
    Singular *baut
    Plural *bautid
    Present Past
    Participle *bautandī *bautan

    Descendants

    • Old English: bēatan
    • Old Frisian: *bāta (in derivatives)
    • Old Saxon: *bōtan
      • Middle Low German: bôten
        • German Low German: boten
        • Middle Low German: bȫtelen
    • Old Dutch: *bōtan
    • Old High German: pōzan, bōzan, bōzzan
      • Middle High German: bōzen, butzen
      • Old High German: anabōz (anvil)
    • ? Vulgar Latin: *bottō (perhaps directly borrowed into Old French, and other Romance languages borrowed from it)