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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbu.wɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*būaną

1. to dwell, reside

Inflection

Conjugation of *būaną (weak suffixless)

	active voice				passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative		indicative	subjunctive
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

Alternative reconstructions

• *būwaną, *bōwwaną

Derived terms

• *būą
• *būiz
• *būô
• *būraz
• *būwijaną
• *būrô
  • ⇒ *gabūrô
    • ⇒ *nēhwagabūrô

Related terms

• *beuną
• *bōþlą
• *bōþō
• *buskaz (possibly)

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
      • Plautdietsch: buen
  • 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: boun, bon, bone, boyn, boune, bownde, bowne, bownn, bun
      • English: bound (obsolete boun)
      • Middle Scots: boun
        • Scots: boun
• Gothic: 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐌰𐌽 (bauan)