Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bī

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bi.

Preposition

*bī^[1]

by, at [with accusative or dative]
near, around [with accusative or dative]

Descendants

Old English: bi, be
- Middle English: by, be, bi
  - English: by
    - → Mandarin: by (bāi), BY (bāi)
  - Scots: by, bye, bi', be, b'
  - Yola: bee, bie, be, by
Old Frisian: bi, be
- North Frisian: bi
- Saterland Frisian: bie
- West Frisian: by
Old Saxon: bi, bī
- Middle Low German: bi
  - Low German: bi
    - → Swedish: bi
Old Dutch: bī
- Middle Dutch: bi
  - Dutch: bij
  - Limburgish: bie
Old High German: bī, pī
- Middle High German: bī
  - Alemannic German: bii
  - German: bei
  - Vilamovian: by
  - Yiddish: בײַ (bay)

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 65: “PWGmc *bi ~ *bī”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 65: “PWGmc *bi ~ *bī”

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