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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/beuw
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *bewwą.
Noun
*beuw n
- crops, yield
- barley
Inflection
Neuter a-stem | ||
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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)