Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/būwijaną

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

• *bōwwjaną

Etymology

Related to *būaną (“to dwell”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuː.wi.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*būwijaną

1. to settle, to inhabit

Inflection

Conjugation of *būwijaną (weak class 1)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*būwijō	*būwijaų	—	*būwijai	?
2nd singular	*būwīsi	*būwijais	*būwī	*būwijasai	*būwijaisau
3rd singular	*būwīþi	*būwijai	*būwijaþau	*būwijaþai	*būwijaiþau
1st dual	*būwijōs	*būwijaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*būwijaþiz	*būwijaiþiz	*būwijaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*būwijamaz	*būwijaim	—	*būwijanþai	*būwijainþau
2nd plural	*būwīþ	*būwijaiþ	*būwīþ	*būwijanþai	*būwijainþau
3rd plural	*būwijanþi	*būwijain	*būwijanþau	*būwijanþai	*būwijainþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*būwidǭ	*būwidēdį̄
2nd singular	*būwidēz	*būwidēdīz
3rd singular	*būwidē	*būwidēdī
1st dual	*būwidēdū	*būwidēdīw
2nd dual	*būwidēdudiz	*būwidēdīdiz
1st plural	*būwidēdum	*būwidēdīm
2nd plural	*būwidēdud	*būwidēdīd
3rd plural	*būwidēdun	*būwidēdīn
	present	past
participles	*būwijandz	*būwidaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *būwijan
  • Old English: bȳan
  • Old Frisian: būwa, bōwa
    • West Frisian: bouwje
• Old Norse: byggja, byggva (if not from *būwāną instead)
  • Icelandic: byggja
  • Faroese: byggja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: byggja, byggje, byge
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bygge
  • Swedish: bygga
  • Danish: bygge
  • Elfdalian: byddja
  • → English: big
  • → Scots: big