Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/buhtiz

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

From *beuganą (“to bend, bow”) +‎ *-þiz (“nominal suffix”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbux.tiz/

Noun

*buhtiz f^[1]

bend, curve, arch, angle; corner
a bend in a body of water, bay

Inflection

Declension of *buhtiz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*buhtiz	*buhtīz
vocative	*buhti	*buhtīz
accusative	*buhtį	*buhtinz
genitive	*buhtīz	*buhtijǫ̂
dative	*buhtī	*buhtimaz
instrumental	*buhtī	*buhtimiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *buhti, *buht
- Old English: byht, *buht
  - Middle English: bight, byȝt, biȝt, bought, bouȝt
    - Scots: bicht, becht; bucht, boucht
    - English: bight; bought, bowt, bout
- Old Frisian: *bucht
  - Saterland Frisian: Bucht
  - West Frisian: bocht
- Old Saxon: *buht
  - Middle Low German: bucht, bocht
    - Low German: Bucht
    - → Icelandic: bugt
    - → Faroese: bukt
    - → Norwegian Bokmål: bukt
    - → Norwegian Nynorsk: bukt
    - → Swedish: bukt
    - → Danish: bugt
    - → German: Bucht
- Old Dutch: *buht
  - Middle Dutch: bucht, bocht
    - Dutch: bucht, bocht
      - Afrikaans: bocht
Old Norse: bót
- Icelandic: bót

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*ƀuxtiz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 61

[HGE-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*ƀuxtiz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 61

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