Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bewwą

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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

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (to become, to grow).

Noun

*bewwą n[1]

  1. crops, yield
  2. barley

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *bewwą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *bewwą *bewwō
vocative *bewwą *bewwō
accusative *bewwą *bewwō
genitive *bewwas, *biwwis *bewwǫ̂
dative *bewwai *bewwamaz
instrumental *bewwō *bewwamiz

Alternative reconstructions

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*bewwa-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 63