Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bisōn

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-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂- (to fear, be afraid).[1]

Verb edit

*bisōn

  1. to run around, run amok (of cattle)

Inflection edit

Class 2 weak
Infinitive *bisōn
1st sg. past *bisōdā
Infinitive *bisōn
Genitive infin. *bisōnijas
Dative infin. *bisōnijē
Instrum. infin. *bisōniju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *bisō *bisōdā
2nd singular *bisōs *bisōdēs, *bisōdōs
3rd singular *bisōþ *bisōdē, *bisōdā
1st plural *bisōm *bisōdum
2nd plural *bisōþ *bisōdud
3rd plural *bisōnþ *bisōdun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *bisō *bisōdī
2nd singular *bisōs *bisōdī
3rd singular *bisō *bisōdī
1st plural *bisōm *bisōdīm
2nd plural *bisōþ *bisōdīd
3rd plural *bisōn *bisōdīn
Imperative Present
Singular *bisō
Plural *bisōþ
Present Past
Participle *bisōndī *bisōd

Descendants edit

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*bisōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 65