Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bisōn

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-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂- (“to fear, be afraid”).[1]

Verb

*bisōn

  1. to run around, run amok (of cattle)

Inflection

Class 2 weak
Infinitive *bisōn
1st sg. past *bisōdā
Infinitive *bisōn
Genitive infin. *bisōnijas
Dative infin. *bisōnijē
Instrum. infin. *bisōniju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *bisō *bisōdā
2nd singular *bisōs *bisōdēs, *bisōdōs
3rd singular *bisōþ *bisōdē, *bisōdā
1st plural *bisōm *bisōdum
2nd plural *bisōþ *bisōdud
3rd plural *bisōnþ *bisōdun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *bisō *bisōdī
2nd singular *bisōs *bisōdī
3rd singular *bisō *bisōdī
1st plural *bisōm *bisōdīm
2nd plural *bisōþ *bisōdīd
3rd plural *bisōn *bisōdīn
Imperative Present
Singular *bisō
Plural *bisōþ
Present Past
Participle *bisōndī *bisōd

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old English: *bisian, *bysian
    • >? Middle English: *bissen, *bussen
      • English: buzz
      • Scots: bizz, biz
      • ⇒ Middle English: *bissyng, bussyng (“buzzing”)
  • Old Frisian: *bisia
    • Saterland Frisian: biezje, bírzje, biersje
    • West Frisian: pize
  • Old Saxon: *bisōn
  • Old Dutch: *bison
  • Old High German: bisōn
    • Middle High German: bisen
      • German: biesen, bisen, bisnen

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*bisōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 65
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