Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/biūtanā

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 *bi- +‎ *ūtanā (“from without, outside of”).

Adverb

*biūtanā

1. from without, outside of

Descendants

• Old English: būtan, būton
  • Middle English: but, bute, buten, boute, bouten; botte, bot, bod
    • English: but
    • Scots: but
    • Yola: mot
• Old Frisian: būta
  • Saterland Frisian: buuten, buute
  • West Frisian: bûten, bûte
• Old Saxon: biūtan, būtan
  • Middle Low German: bûten
    • German Low German: buten
• Old Dutch: *biūtan, *būtan
  • Middle Dutch: bûten
    • Dutch: buiten
• Old High German: biūzan, būzan
  • Middle High German: būzen
    • German: baußen
    • Luxembourgish: baussen