Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/beuw

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 *bewwą.

Noun

*beuw n

1. crops, yield
2. barley

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*beuw
Genitive	*beuwas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*beuw	*beuwu
Accusative	*beuw	*beuwu
Genitive	*beuwas	*beuwō
Dative	*beuwē	*beuwum
Instrumental	*beuwu	*beuwum

Descendants

• 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)