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

Alternative forms

• *būwaną

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰúHt, from *bʰuH-.

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

Related terms

• *bōþlą
• *būą
• *būiz
• *būô
• *būraz
• *būraz
• *būwijaną
• *gabūrô
• *nēhwagabūrô

Descendants

• Old English: būan, būwan
  • ⇒ Old English: ġebūan
    • Middle English: ȝebuen, ibuen, iboen
• Old Saxon: būan, būwan
  • Middle Low German: bûwen
    • Low German: boen
• 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: bun, bune, boun
      • Scots: boun
      • English: boun
• Gothic: 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐌰𐌽 (bauan)