*bōþō

Runic: ᛒᛟᚦᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈbɔː.θɔː/

noun · feminine · ō-stem

Meanings

building, hut
dwelling

Etymology

Possibly from the Proto-Indo-European o-grade root *bʰowH- (from the full grade *bʰewH- form of bʰuH- (‘to be, become, grow, appear’), which has been reconstructed on the basis of Italic and Celtic preterite and subjunctive stems, see (Rix et al. 2001) and (Wodtko et al. 2008)) + *-téh₂ (forms nouns representing a state of being). Related to *bōþlą (‘house, dwelling’), *būaną (‘to dwell, reside’), and *būwijaną (‘to settle, inhabit’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	bōþō	bōþôz
Acc.	bōþǭ	bōþōz
Gen.	bōþōz	bōþǫ̂
Dat.	bōþōi	bōþōmaz
Inst.	bōþō	bōþōmiz
Voc.	bōþō	bōþôz

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Descendants

*bōþu (Proto-West Germanic)
- *buotha (Old Dutch)
  - boede (Middle Dutch)
    - boede, boet, boe, boeie (Dutch)
*bōþu (Proto-West Germanic)
- *bōthe, *bōth (Old Frisian)
  - bood (North Frisian)
  - Boue (Saterland Frisian)
  - bodde (West Frisian)
*bōþu (Proto-West Germanic)
- *buoda (Old High German)
  - buode (Middle High German)
    - Bude (German)
      - Bude, Buud (Low German)
        
        Bude, Buude (Saterland Frisian)
*bōþu (Proto-West Germanic)
- *bōtha (Old Saxon)
  - bôde (Middle Low German)
    - pood (Estonian)
    - Bood, Boo (Low German)
búð (Old West Norse)
- búð (Faroese)
- búð (Icelandic)
búð (Old West Norse)
- bu, bud (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  - bu (Norwegian Bokmål)
bóð (Old East Norse)
- bothe (Middle English)
  - buith, buth (Scots)
bóð (Old East Norse)
- bothe (Middle English)
  - booth (English)
bóð (Old East Norse)
- bōð (Old Danish)
  - bod (Danish)
    - bod (Norwegian Bokmål)
bóð (Old East Norse)
- bōþ (Old Swedish)
  - bod (Swedish)

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