Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bōþō

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

Alternative forms

*bōþǭ

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to become, grow, appear”).

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbɔː.θɔː/

Noun

*bōþō f

building, hut
dwelling

Declension

ō-stemDeclension of *bōþō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*bōþō	*bōþôz
vocative	*bōþō	*bōþôz
accusative	*bōþǭ	*bōþōz
genitive	*bōþōz	*bōþǫ̂
dative	*bōþōi	*bōþōmaz
instrumental	*bōþō	*bōþōmiz

Descendants

Old Saxon: *bōtha
- Middle Low German: bôde
  - German Low German: Boo
Old Dutch: *buotha
- Middle Dutch: boede
  - Dutch: boede; boet, boe, boeie (dialectal)
Old High German: *buoda
- Middle High German: buode
  - German: Bude
    - → German Low German: Bude, Buud
  - → Old Czech: buda
    - Czech: bouda
      - → German: Baude
Old West Norse: búð
- Icelandic: búð
- Faroese: búð
- Norwegian Nynorsk: bu, bud
  - → Norwegian Bokmål: bu
Old East Norse: bóð
- Old Swedish: bōþ
  - Swedish: bod
- Old Danish: bōð
  - Danish: bod
    - Norwegian Bokmål: bod
- → Middle English: bothe
  - Scots: buth
  - English: booth