Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/baug

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 edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *baugaz.

Noun edit

*baug m

ring, bracelet

Inflection edit

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*baug
Genitive	*baugas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*baug	baugō, baugōs
Accusative	*baug	*baugā
Genitive	*baugas	*baugō
Dative	*baugē	*baugum
Instrumental	*baugu	*baugum

Descendants edit

Old English: bēag, bēah
- Middle English: beh, beghe, bie, by
  - Scots: bee, bei, beye
  - English: bee
Old Frisian: bāg, bāch
Old Saxon: *bōg, *bāg, *bōh
- Middle Low German: bōch, būch
- → Late Latin: baga
  - Old French: bage
    - → Middle English: bage, bagge, badge, bagy; bageard
      - Scots: bagie, badgie, bawgy
      - English: badge; badger
    - → Medieval Latin: bagea, bagia
Old Dutch: bōg
- ⇒ Middle Dutch: bogel, buegel
  - Dutch: beugel
→ Vulgar Latin: *baucus
- Old Occitan: bauc
  - Old French: bo, bou
    - ⇒ Norman: bouaille
→ Anglo-Norman: boie
Old High German: baug, boug, paug, pauc, pouc
- Middle High German: bouc
  - German: Baug, Bauk
  - Yiddish: בייגל (beygl)
    - → English: bagel
Lombardic: *baug m, *bauga f
- → Medieval Latin: bauca
  - Italian: boga, bova
    - → French: bogue