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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *bʰéwH-ti, e-grade of *bʰuH- (“to grow, become, come into being, appear”). Cognate with Latin fuī (“have been”, verb), Latin futūrus (“becoming, imminent, future”), Sanskrit भवति (bhávati).
Pronunciation
Verb
*beuną
- to be
- Synonym: *wesaną
- to become
Inflection
This verb is suppletive. The past is conjugated with the strong class 5 stem wes-, the remainder with an irregular stem beu-.
Conjugation of
*beuną (irregular, suppletive)
Descendants
For past tense and participle forms, see the identical forms at *wesaną.
- *beuną (infinitive)
- *biumi (1st person singular present)
- *biusi (2nd person singular present) (see there for further descendants)
- *biuþi (3rd person singular present)
- *biunþi (3rd person plural present)
- *beu (2nd person singular imperative)
- *beuþ (2nd person plural imperative)