Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bewwą

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

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to become, to grow”).

Noun

*bewwą n

1. crops, yield
2. barley

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *bewwą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*bewwą	*bewwō
vocative	*bewwą	*bewwō
accusative	*bewwą	*bewwō
genitive	*bewwas, *biwwis	*bewwǫ̂
dative	*bewwai	*bewwamaz
instrumental	*bewwō	*bewwamiz

Alternative reconstructions

• *bewwu

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *beuw
  • Old English: bēow
  • Old Frisian: bē
  • Old Saxon: beo, beu
    • ⇒ Old Saxon: beuwod, bewod
  • Old High German: *beo
    • Middle High German: bū, bou (merger with *bū m or n)
• Proto-Norse: *ᛒᛁᚷᚹᚨ (*bigwa /⁠*biggwa⁠/)
  • Old Norse: bygg, biugg — Old East Norse
    • Icelandic: bygg n
    • Faroese: bygg n
    • Norwegian: m

      Norwegian Bokmål: bygg

      Norwegian Nynorsk: bygg

    • Old Swedish: biug, biugh
      • Swedish: bjugg n, bju, bygg, byg, by, bägg
    • Old Danish: biug n
      • Danish: byg c
    • → Middle English: big, byg, byge
      • English: bigg, big
      • Scots: bigg, big