Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/baukn
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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[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *baukną.
Noun[edit]
*baukn n[1]
Inflection[edit]
| Neuter a-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *baukn | |
| Genitive | *bauknas | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *baukn | *bauknu |
| Accusative | *baukn | *bauknu |
| Genitive | *bauknas | *bauknō |
| Dative | *bauknē | *bauknum |
| Instrumental | *bauknu | *bauknum |
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Old English: bēacn, bēacen, bīecen; bēcen, bēcon, bēcun
- Old Frisian: bāken, bēken
- Old Dutch: *bōcan
- Old High German: bouhhan, bouchan, pouhhan, pouchan
- Old Saxon: bōkan
- Middle Low German: bāke (from southern Eastphalian, or a conflation of grammatical paradigms with the borrowing from Old Frisian, see above)
- Dutch Low Saxon: boake (“(Easter) fire sign”)
- Middle Low German: bāke (from southern Eastphalian, or a conflation of grammatical paradigms with the borrowing from Old Frisian, see above)
- →? Old French: boue, buie (alternatively from Latin boia)
References[edit]
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 309: “PWGmc *baukn”