Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/būaną

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

Alternative reconstructions

*būwaną, *bōwwaną

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰúHt, from *bʰuH- (“to be, grow”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbu.wɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*būaną

to dwell, reside

Inflection

Conjugation of *būaną (weak suffixless)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*būō	*būaų	—	*būai	?
2nd singular	*būizi	*būaiz	*bū	*būazai	*būaizau
3rd singular	*būidi	*būai	*būadau	*būadai	*būaidau
1st dual	*būōz	*būaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*būadiz	*būaidiz	*būadiz	—	—
1st plural	*būamaz	*būaim	—	*būandai	*būaindau
2nd plural	*būid	*būaid	*būid	*būandai	*būaindau
3rd plural	*būandi	*būain	*būandau	*būandai	*būaindau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*būdǭ	*būdēdį̄
2nd singular	*būdēz	*būdēdīz
3rd singular	*būdē	*būdēdī
1st dual	*būdēdū	*būdēdīw
2nd dual	*būdēdudiz	*būdēdīdiz
1st plural	*būdēdum	*būdēdīm
2nd plural	*būdēdud	*būdēdīd
3rd plural	*būdēdun	*būdēdīn

	present	past
participles	*būandz	*būdaz

Related terms

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *būan
- Old English: būan, būwan
  - ⇒ Old English: ġebūan
    - Middle English: ȝebuen, ibuen, iboen
- Old Saxon: būan, būwan
  - Middle Low German: bûwen
    - Low German: boen
- Old Dutch: *būan, buuuan, buwan
  - Middle Dutch: bouwen
    - Dutch: bouwen
      - Afrikaans: bou
      - Jersey Dutch: bāue
      - Negerhollands: bou, bau, bow
      - → Aukan: bow
      - → Papiamentu: bouw (dated)
      - → Sranan Tongo: bow
        → Lokono: bowdun
        → Caribbean Javanese: ngebau
    - Limburgish: boewe
- Old High German: būan, būwan, pūan
  - Middle High German: būwen, biuwen, bouwen
    - Alemannic German: buue, puue
    - German: bauen
      - → Saterland Frisian: baue
    - Luxembourgish: bauen
    - Yiddish: בויען (boyen)
Old Norse: búa
- Icelandic: búa
- Faroese: búgva
- Norwegian Nynorsk: bu, bua
  - → Norwegian Bokmål: bu
- Old Swedish: bōa, bō
  - Swedish: bo
- Danish: bo
  - Norwegian Bokmål: bo
- → Middle English: buen
- ⇒ Old Norse: búinn (past participle)
  - Icelandic: búinn
  - Norwegian Nynorsk: buen
  - → Middle English: bun, bune, boun
    - Scots: boun
    - English: boun
Gothic: 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐌰𐌽 (bauan)

References

^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*bōan- ~ *būan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 71

[1] Guus Kroonen (2013) “*bōan- ~ *būan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 71

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