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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]

  1. to settle, to inhabit
  2. to build

Inflection

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *būwēn
    • Old English: bogian, bugian
    • Old Frisian: bogia
  • Old Norse: byggja, byggva (if not from *būwijaną instead)

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*buwwēn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 86
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