Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/baukną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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 Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to glow, light, shine”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbɑu̯k.nɑ̃/

Noun

*baukną n

sign, symbol

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *baukną (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*baukną	*bauknō
vocative	*baukną	*bauknō
accusative	*baukną	*bauknō
genitive	bauknas, bauknis	*bauknǫ̂
dative	*bauknai	*bauknamaz
instrumental	*bauknō	*bauknamiz

Derived terms

*bauknijaną
*bauknōną

Descendants

Old English: bēacen, bēcn, bēacna, bīecen, bīecnan, bīecþ
- Middle English: beken, beekne, bekne, bekyn
  - Scots: bekin, beikin
  - English: beacon
Old Frisian: bāken, bēken
- North Frisian: biike, baake, beken
- Saterland Frisian: Baake, Boake
- West Frisian: beaken
- → Middle Dutch: baken, bakin, beke, beken
  - Dutch: baken, baak
- → Old Norse: bákn, báken
  - Icelandic: bákn
  - Faroese: bákn
  - Norwegian: båk, båke
  - Swedish: båk
  - Danish: bavn, båke
- → Middle Low German: bāke
  - Low German: Bāke
  - German: Bake
Old Saxon: bōkan
- Middle Low German: bāken (either from southern Eastphalian, which is a Low German dialect, or a conflation of grammatical paradigms with the borrowing from Old Frisian, see above)
  - Dutch Low Saxon boake (“(Easter) fire sign”)
Frankish: *baukan
- Old Dutch: *bōkan
  - Middle Dutch: boken, bokijn
- Old French: boue, buie (alternatively from Latin boia)
  - Middle French: bouee, boue
    - French: bouée
  - → Catalan: boia
  - → Middle Dutch: boye, boeye
    - Dutch: boei
    - → Middle English: buoy, boye
      - English: buoy
    - → German: Boje
      - Polish: boja
  - → Spanish: boya
  - → Galician: boia
Old High German: bouhhan, bouchan, pouhhan, pouchan
- Middle High German: bouchen
  - German: Bauke
  - Alemannic: Pauchen, Böchen
  - Swabian: Bauchen