*bewwą

Runic: ᛒᛖᚹᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈbew.wɑ̃/

noun · neuter · a-stem

Meanings

crops, yield
barley

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewH- ó-m from root *bʰuH- (‘to become, to grow’). The geminate -ww- is caused by the laryngeal. Cognates are Sanskrit भूत (bhūtá) (bhūtá, ‘been’) and Ancient Greek ἔφῡν (éphūn) (éphūn, ‘to bring forth’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	bewwą	bewwō
Acc.	bewwą	bewwō
Gen.	bewwas, biwwis	bewwǫ̂
Dat.	bewwai	bewwamaz
Inst.	bewwō	bewwamiz
Voc.	bewwą	bewwō

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Descendants

*beuw (Proto-West Germanic)
- bēow (Old English)
- bē (Old Frisian)
- beo, beu (Old Saxon)
*beuw (Proto-West Germanic)
- *beo (Old High German)
  - bū, bou (Middle High German)
*ᛒᛁᚷᚹᚨ (*bigwa) (Proto-Norse)
- bygg, biugg (Old Norse)
  - bygg (Faroese)
  - bygg (Icelandic)
  - bygg (Norwegian)
*ᛒᛁᚷᚹᚨ (*bigwa) (Proto-Norse)
- bygg, biugg (Old Norse)
  - big, byg, byge (Middle English)
    - bigg, big (English)
    - bigg, big (Scots)
*ᛒᛁᚷᚹᚨ (*bigwa) (Proto-Norse)
- bygg, biugg (Old Norse)
  - biug (Old Danish)
    - byg (Danish)
*ᛒᛁᚷᚹᚨ (*bigwa) (Proto-Norse)
- bygg, biugg (Old Norse)
  - biug, biugh (Old Swedish)
    - bjugg, bju, bygg, byg, by, bägg (Swedish)

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