Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bī

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-Germanic *bi.

    Preposition

    *bī[1]

    1. by, at [with accusative or dative]
    2. near, around [with accusative or dative]

    Descendants

    • Old English: bi, be
      • Middle English: by, be, bi
        • English: by
          • → Mandarin: by (bāi), BY (bāi)
        • Scots: by, bye, bi', be, b'
        • Yola: bee, be, bie, by
    • Old Frisian: bi, be
      • North Frisian: bi
      • Saterland Frisian: bie
      • West Frisian: by
    • Old Saxon: bī
      • Middle Low German: bî
        • Low German: bi
          • → Swedish: bi
    • Old Dutch: bī
      • Middle Dutch: bi
    • Old High German: bī, pī
      • Middle High German: bī
        • Alemannic German: bii
        • German: bei
        • Vilamovian: by
        • Yiddish: בײַ (bay)

    References

    1. ^ Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014), The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 65: “PWGmc *bi ~ *bī”
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