*buhtiz

Runic: ᛒᚢᚺᛏᛁᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈbux.tiz/

noun · feminine · i-stem

Meanings

bend, curve, arch, angle; corner
a bend in a body of water, bay

Etymology

From pre-Germanic *bʰúgʰ-ti-s, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéwgʰ-ti-s ~ *bʰugʰ-téy-s, from root *bʰewgʰ- (‘to bend; curve, arch’) with expected change from *-gʰt-> *-ht-via the Proto-Germanic spirant law. Related to *beuganą (‘to bend, bow’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	buhtiz	buhtīz
Acc.	buhtį	buhtinz
Gen.	buhtīz	buhtijǫ̂
Dat.	buhtī	buhtimaz
Inst.	buhtī	buhtimiz
Voc.	buhti	buhtīz

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Descendants

*buht, *buhti (Proto-West Germanic)
- *buht (Old Dutch)
  - bucht, bocht (Middle Dutch)
    - bucht, bocht (Dutch)
      - bocht (Afrikaans)
*buht, *buhti (Proto-West Germanic)
- byht, *buht (Old English)
  - bight, byȝt, biȝt, bought, bouȝt (Middle English)
    - bight, bought, bowt, bout (English)
    - bicht, becht, bucht, boucht (Scots)
*buht, *buhti (Proto-West Germanic)
- *bucht (Old Frisian)
  - Bucht (Saterland Frisian)
  - bocht (West Frisian)
*buht, *buhti (Proto-West Germanic)
- *buht (Old Saxon)
  - bucht, bocht (Middle Low German)
    - bugt (Danish)
    - bukt (Faroese)
    - Bucht (German)
    - bugt (Icelandic)
    - Bucht (Low German)
    - bukt (Norwegian Bokmål)
    - bukt (Norwegian Nynorsk)
    - bukt (Swedish)
bót (Old Norse)
- bót (Icelandic)

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