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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂- (“to fear, be afraid”).

Verb

*bisōn

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

Inflection

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

Derived terms

• *bisīg (possibly)

Descendants

• Old English: *bisian, *bysian
  • >? Middle English: *bissen, *bussen
    • English: buzz
    • Scots: bizz, biz
    • ⇒ Middle English: *bissyng, bussyng (“buzzing”)
• Old Frisian: *bisia
  • Saterland Frisian: biezje, bírzje, biersje
  • West Frisian: pize
• Old Saxon: *bisōn
  • Middle Low German: bisen, bēsen, bissen
    • → Old Danish: bise, bisse (could be inherited instead)
      • Danish: bisse
    • → Old Swedish: bisa (could be inherited instead)
      • Swedish: besa
• Old Dutch: *bison
  • Middle Dutch: bisen, bissen
    • Dutch: bissen, biesen, biezen, bijsen, bijzen
• Old High German: bisōn
  • Middle High German: bisen
    • German: biesen, bisen, bisnen