Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/būwāną

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

Related to *būaną (“to dwell”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuː.wɑː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*būwāną

1. to settle, to inhabit
2. to build

Inflection

Conjugation of *būwāną (weak class 3)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*būwō	?	—	?	?
2nd singular	*būwaisi	?	*būwai	*būwāsai	?
3rd singular	*būwaiþi	?	*būwāþau	*būwāþai	?
1st dual	*būwōs	?	—	—	—
2nd dual	*būwāþiz	?	*būwāþiz	—	—
1st plural	*būwāmaz	?	—	*būwānþai	?
2nd plural	*būwaiþ	?	*būwaiþ	*būwānþai	?
3rd plural	*būwānþi	?	*būwānþau	*būwānþai	?
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*būwadǭ	*būwadēdį̄
2nd singular	*būwadēz	*būwadēdīz
3rd singular	*būwadē	*būwadēdī
1st dual	*būwadēdū	*būwadēdīw
2nd dual	*būwadēdudiz	*būwadēdīdiz
1st plural	*būwadēdum	*būwadēdīm
2nd plural	*būwadēdud	*būwadēdīd
3rd plural	*būwadēdun	*būwadēdīn
	present	past
participles	*būwāndz	*būwadaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *būwēn
  • Old English: bogian, bugian
  • Old Frisian: bogia
• Old Norse: byggja, byggva (if not from *būwijaną instead)
  • Icelandic: byggja
  • Faroese: byggja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: byggja, byggje, byge
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bygge
  • Swedish: bygga
  • Danish: bygge
  • Elfdalian: byddja
  • → Scots: big