Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/baug

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

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *baugaz.

Noun

*baug m

1. ring, bracelet

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*baug
Genitive	*baugas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*baug	*baugō, *baugōs
Accusative	*baug	*baugā
Genitive	*baugas	*baugō
Dative	*baugē	*baugum
Instrumental	*baugu	*baugum

Descendants

• Old English: bēag, bēah
  • Middle English: beh, beghe, bie, by
    • Scots: bee, bei, beye
    • English: bee
• Old Frisian: bāg, bāch
• Old Saxon: *bōg, *bāg, *bōh
  • Middle Low German: bōch, būch
  • → Late Latin: baga
    • Old French: bage
      • → Middle English: bage, bagge, badge, bagy; bageard
        • Scots: bagie, badgie, bawgy
        • English: badge; badger
      • → Medieval Latin: bagea, bagia
• Old Dutch: bōg
  • ⇒ Middle Dutch: bogel, buegel
    • Dutch: beugel
• → Vulgar Latin: *baucus
  • Old Occitan: bauc
    • Old French: bo, bou
      • ⇒ Norman: bouaille
• → Anglo-Norman: boie
• Old High German: baug, boug, paug, pauc, pouc
  • Middle High German: bouc
    • German: Baug, Bauk
    • Yiddish: בייגל (beygl)
      • → English: bagel
• Lombardic: *baug m, *bauga f
  • → Medieval Latin: bauca
    • Italian: boga, bova
      • → French: bogue