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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.
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *bewwą.
Noun
*beuw n
- barley
- crops, yield; harvest
Inflection
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Singular
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| Nominative
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*beuw(a)
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| Genitive
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*beuwas
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Singular
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Plural
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| Nominative
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*beuw(a)
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*beuwu
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| Accusative
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*beuw(a)
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*beuwu
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| Genitive
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*beuwas
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*beuwō
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| Dative
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*beuwē
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*beuwum
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| Instrumental
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*beuwu
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*beuwum
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Descendants
- Old English: bēow
- Old Frisian: bē
- Old Saxon: beo, beu
- Middle Low German: bow, bowe f or n
- ⇒ Old Saxon: beuwod, bewod
- Old Dutch: *bio, *biu
- Middle Dutch: bouw, bauw, bu m
- Old High German: *bio, *biu
- Middle High German: bū, bou (merger with *bū m or n)