Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/baukną

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 *bʰeh₂- (“to glow, light, shine”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑu̯k.nɑ̃/

Noun

*baukną n

1. sign, symbol

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *baukną (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*baukną	*bauknō
vocative	*baukną	*bauknō
accusative	*baukną	*bauknō
genitive	*bauknas, *bauknis	*bauknǫ̂
dative	*bauknai	*bauknamaz
instrumental	*bauknō	*bauknamiz

Derived terms

• *bauknōną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *baukn
  • Old English: bēacn, bēacen, bīecen; bēcen, bēcon, bēcun
    • Middle English: beken, beeken, beekne, bekene, bekne, bekyn, biken
      • English: beacon
      • Middle Scots: bekin, beikin
  • Old Frisian: bāken, bēken
    • North Frisian: biike, baake, beken
    • Saterland Frisian: Baake, Boake
    • West Frisian: beaken
    • → Middle Dutch: baken, bakin, beke, beken
      • Dutch: baken, baak
    • → Middle Low German: bāke (possibly, or from southern Eastphalian, which is a Low German dialect, see below)
      • Low German: Bāke
      • → Danish: båke
      • → German: Bake
      • → Norwegian: båk, båke
      • → Swedish: båk
    • → Old Norse: bákn, báken
      • Danish: bavn
      • Faroese: bákn
      • Icelandic: bákn
  • Old Dutch: *bōcan
    • Middle Dutch: bokin, boken, boekin, boeken, boekijn
  • Old High German: bouhhan, bouchan, pouhhan, pouchan
    • Middle High German: bouchen
      • Alemannic German: Pauchen, Böchen
      • Swabian: Bauchen
  • 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”)
  • →? Old French: boue, buie (alternatively from Latin boia)
    • Middle French: bouee, boue
      • French: bouée
    • → Catalan: boia
    • → Middle Dutch: boye, boeye
      • Dutch: boei
      • → Danish: bøje
        • → Icelandic: bauja
      • → Middle English: buoy, boye
        • English: buoy
      • → German: Boje
        • → Polish: boja
    • → Galician: boia
    • → Spanish: boya