*bautaną

Runic: ᛒᚨᚢᛏᚨᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈbɑu̯.tɑ.nɑ̃/

verb · Strong class 7b

Meanings

to beat, knock, bump, push

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰówd-e/o- an o-grade intensive formation from root *bʰewd- (‘to strike, beat), a d-extension of *bʰew- (‘to blow, swell’) (Gordon 2010). Alternately derived from pre-Germanic **bauttaną, an n-extended verbal formation from an Indo-European root meaning ‘strike, beat’ (perhaps *bʰowd-néh₂- / *bʰow-t-néh₂-, from *bʰewd- ~ *bʰew-t-, ‘to strike, beat’); the geminate is explained by Kluge’s Law, with later shortening after the diphthong *au. Compare Latin fūtō ‘to strike’, fūstis ‘club’, though the extra-Germanic comparison is formally uncertain and may point instead to an old substrate root.

Conjugation

Present active

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive	Imperative
1st singular	bautō	bautaų	–
2nd singular	bautizi	bautaiz	baut
3rd singular	bautidi	bautai	bautadau
1st dual	bautōz	bautaiw	–
2nd dual	bautadiz	bautaidiz	bautadiz
1st plural	bautamaz	bautaim	–
2nd plural	bautid	bautaid	bautid
3rd plural	bautandi	bautain	bautandau

Present passive

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive
1st singular	bautai	–
2nd singular	bautazai	bautaizau
3rd singular	bautadai	bautaidau
1st dual	–	–
2nd dual	–	–
1st plural	bautandai	bautaindau
2nd plural	bautandai	bautaindau
3rd plural	bautandai	bautaindau

Past

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive
1st singular	bebaut	bebautį̄
2nd singular	bebaust	bebautīz
3rd singular	bebaut	bebautī
1st dual	bebautū	bebautīw
2nd dual	bebautudiz	bebautīdiz
1st plural	bebautum	bebautīm
2nd plural	bebautud	bebautīd
3rd plural	bebautun	bebautīn

Non-finite Forms

Infinitive	Present Participle	Past Participle
bautaną	bautandz	bautanaz

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Descendants

*bautan (Proto-West Germanic)
- *bāta (Old Frisian)
*bautan (Proto-West Germanic)
- *bōtan (Old Dutch)
  - bôten (Middle Dutch)
    - boten, botten, butten (Dutch)
    - botn (West Flemish)
*bautan (Proto-West Germanic)
- bēatan (Old English)
  - beten, beete, bet, bete, betyn, beytt, beaten, byete (Middle English)
    - beat (English)
    - beat, beit (Scots)
*bautan (Proto-West Germanic)
- pōzan, bōzan, bōzzan (Old High German)
  - bōzen, butzen (Middle High German)
    - boßen, bossen, possen, Butzen (German)
*bautan (Proto-West Germanic)
- pōzan, bōzan, bōzzan (Old High German)
  - bōzen, butzen (Middle High German)
    - bōzelen, bōzeln (Middle High German)
      - boßeln (German)
*bautan (Proto-West Germanic)
- pōzan, bōzan, bōzzan (Old High German)
  - bōzen, butzen (Middle High German)
    - bōzelen, bōzeln (Middle High German)
      - bōsselen (Middle Low German)
        
        boßeln (Low German)
*bautan (Proto-West Germanic)
- pōzan, bōzan, bōzzan (Old High German)
  - anabōz (Old High German)
    - anebōz (Middle High German)
      - Amboss (German)
*bautan (Proto-West Germanic)
- *bōtan (Old Saxon)
  - bôten (Middle Low German)
    - boten (Low German)
    - bȫtelen (Middle Low German)
*bautan (Proto-West Germanic)
- *bottō (Vulgar Latin)
  - *botōnus, *bottonem (Late Latin)
    - boton (Old French)
      - botoun (Middle English)
        
        button (English)
        
        button (Scots)
*bautan (Proto-West Germanic)
- *bottō (Vulgar Latin)
  - bouter, boter (Old French)
    - boter, buter (Anglo-Norman)
      - butten, bouten (Middle English)
        
        butt (English)
bauta (Old Norse)
- bauta (Icelandic)
*𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍄𐌰𐌽 (*bautan) (Gothic)

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