Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bugô

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 *bʰugʰ- (“bow; arch”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewgʰ- (“to bend; arch”). Synchronically analyzed as an n-stem nominal formation from *beuganą (“to bend”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbu.ɣɔːː/

Noun

*bugô m

1. bow (weapon)

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *bugô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*bugô	*buganiz
vocative	*bugô	*buganiz
accusative	*buganų	*buganunz
genitive	*buginiz	*buganǫ̂
dative	*bugini	*bugammaz
instrumental	*buginē	*bugammiz

Derived terms

• *alinabugô
• *regnabugô

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *bogō
  • Old English: boga
    • Middle English: bowe
      • Scots: bow
      • English: bow
  • Old Frisian: boga
    • Saterland Frisian: Booge
    • West Frisian: boge
  • Old Saxon: bogo
    • Middle Low German: bōge
      • German Low German: Boog
  • Old Dutch: bogo
    • Middle Dutch: bōge
      • Dutch: boog
        • Afrikaans: boog
  • Old High German: bogo
    • Middle High German: boge
      • German: Bogen
      • Hunsrik: Bohe
      • Luxembourgish: Bou
      • Rhine Franconian: Boche, Bouche, Boge, Boo, Booe

        Frankfurterisch: [b̥oːɣ̥ə]

      • Yiddish: בויגן (boygn)
• Old Norse: bogi, bugi
  • Icelandic: bogi
  • Faroese: bogi
  • Norwegian:
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: bue, boge
  • Jamtish: buga
  • Elfdalian: bugi
  • Old Swedish: bughi, boghi
    • Swedish: båge, båga(archaic), boge, boga(dialectal), bôg
  • Old Danish: boghæ
    • Scanian: buğe
    • Danish: bue
  • Gutnish: buge
  • → Old Irish: boga
    • Irish: bogha
    • Scottish Gaelic: bogha
• Crimean Gothic: boga