Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/buhtiz

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 *beuganą (“to bend, bow”) +‎ *-þiz (“nominal suffix”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbux.tiz/
• Rhymes: -ux.tiz

Noun

*buhtiz f

1. bend, curve, arch, angle; corner
2. a bend in a body of water, bay

Inflection

Declension of *buhtiz (i-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	*buhtiz	*buhtīz
vocative	*buhti	*buhtīz
accusative	*buhtį	*buhtinz
genitive	*buhtīz	*buhtijǫ̂
dative	*buhtī	*buhtimaz
instrumental	*buhtī	*buhtimiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *buhti, *buht
  • Old English: byht, *buht
    • Middle English: bight, byȝt, biȝt, bought, bouȝt
      • Scots: bicht, becht; bucht, boucht
      • English: bight; bought, bowt, bout
  • Old Frisian: *bucht
    • North Frisian:

      Föhr-Amrum: bocht

      Heligoland: boch

      Mooring: bucht

      Sylt: Bocht

    • Saterland Frisian: Bucht
    • West Frisian: bocht
  • Old Saxon: *buht
    • Middle Low German: bucht, bocht
      • Low German: Bucht
      • → Icelandic: bugt
      • → Faroese: bukt
      • → Norwegian Bokmål: bukt
      • → Norwegian Nynorsk: bukt
      • → Swedish: bukt
      • → Danish: bugt
      • → German: Bucht
  • Old Dutch: *buht
    • Middle Dutch: bucht, bocht
      • Dutch: bucht, bocht
        • Afrikaans: bocht
• Old Norse: bót
  • Icelandic: bót