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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/būkōn

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

Unknown; possibly related to *bōku (“beech”), *bōkijā (“beech”), lye being commonly made from beech ash.[1] Perhaps cognate with Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐌱𐌰𐌿𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (usbaugjan, “to sweep”).

Verb

*būkōn[2][3]

  1. to soak (esp. in beech lye)

Inflection
Class 2 weak
Infinitive *būkōn
1st sg. past *būkōdā
Infinitive *būkōn
Genitive infin. *būkōnijas
Dative infin. *būkōnijē
Instrum. infin. *būkōniju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *būkō *būkōdā
2nd singular *būkōs *būkōdēs, *būkōdōs
3rd singular *būkōþ *būkōdē, *būkōdā
1st plural *būkōm *būkōdum
2nd plural *būkōþ *būkōdud
3rd plural *būkōnþ *būkōdun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *būkō *būkōdī
2nd singular *būkōs *būkōdī
3rd singular *būkō *būkōdī
1st plural *būkōm *būkōdīm
2nd plural *būkōþ *būkōdīd
3rd plural *būkōn *būkōdīn
Imperative Present
Singular *būkō
Plural *būkōþ
Present Past
Participle *būkōndī *būkōd

Descendants
  • Old Dutch: *būkōn (“to soak, wash”)
    • Middle Dutch: bûken (“to wash in beech lye”)
      • → Middle English: bouken (“to soak in a lye solution”)[4]
  • Old High German: *būkōn
    • Middle High German: būchen, biuchen (“to wash out with lye”) (late)
      • German: bauchen, bäuchen
  • → Vulgar Latin: *būcō (“to soak, wash”)[5]
    • Old French: buer [13th c., Sept Sages]
    • ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *būcāta (“laundry”, literally “soaked”)[2][5]

References
  1. Friedrich Kluge (1989) chapter 64, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page bauchen
  2. Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “bûkôn”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 15/2: Germanismes: Bu–F, page 9
  3. A. J., Greimas (1968) “I. buer”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancien français: jusqu’au milieu du XIVᵉ siècle (in French), Paris: Librairie Larousse, →ISBN, page 86: “germ. bukon”
  4. “bǒuken, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
  5. Viret, Roger (2013) “LESSIVE”, in Dictionnaire français - savoyard: comportant plusieurs variantes de la langue savoyarde‎ (in French), Aliance Culturèla Arpitanna
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