Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/biusi

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiu̯.si/

Verb

*biusi

1. second-person singular present active indicative of *beuną

Descendants

• Old English: bist, bis; beost
  • Middle English: bist, beest, best
    • English: bist, beest (archaic or dialectal)
• Old Frisian: bist
  • North Frisian:

    Föhr-Amrum: beest

    Halligen: bäst

    Heligoland: beest

    Mooring: bast

  • Saterland Frisian: bääst
  • West Frisian: bist
• Old Saxon: bist, bis
  • Middle Low German: bist
    • German Low German: bist, büst
    • Plautdietsch: best
• Old Dutch: bis, bist
  • Middle Dutch: bis, bist
    • Dutch: bis (dialectal)
    • Limburgish: bös
• Old High German: bist, bis
  • Middle High German: bist
    • Alemannic German: bisch

      Swabian: bisch

    • Bavarian: bist

      Cimbrian: pist

    • German: bist
    • Luxembourgish: bass
    • Pennsylvania German: bischt
    • Yiddish: ביסט (bist)