Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *bōþląScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_bōþlą
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A Handbook of Germanic EtymologyVladimirOrelBrill2003Etymologisch woordenboek van het NederlandsMarliesPhilippaFransDebrabandereArendQuakTannekeSchoonheimNicolineSijsAmsterdam University Press2003*bʰuH-to be, become, grow, appear
nounneutera-stemhouse, dwellingPossibly from *būwijaną (‘to settle, inhabit’) + *-þlą (forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument) Orel 2003, or perhaps from *bōþō (‘building, dwelling’) + *-(i)lą (forms nouns of diminutive connotation) Philippa et al. 2003. Both of these ultimately derivations of Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (‘to be, grow’).