Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/baukną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to glow, light, shine”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbɑu̯k.nɑ̃/

Noun

*baukną n

sign, symbol

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *baukną (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*baukną	*bauknō
vocative	*baukną	*bauknō
accusative	*baukną	*bauknō
genitive	bauknas, bauknis	*bauknǫ̂
dative	*bauknai	*bauknamaz
instrumental	*bauknō	*bauknamiz

Derived terms

*bauknōną

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *baukn
- Old English: bēacn, bēacen, bīecen; bēcen, bēcon, bēcun
  - Middle English: beken, beeken, beekne, bekene, bekne, bekyn, biken
    - English: beacon
    - Middle Scots: bekin, beikin
- Old Frisian: bāken, bēken
  - North Frisian: biike, baake, beken
  - Saterland Frisian: Baake, Boake
  - West Frisian: beaken
  - → Middle Dutch: baken, bakin, beke, beken
    - Dutch: baken, baak
  - → Middle Low German: bāke (possibly, or from southern Eastphalian, which is a Low German dialect, see below)
    - Low German: Bāke
    - → Danish: båke
    - → German: Bake
    - → Norwegian: båk, båke
    - → Swedish: båk
  - → Old Norse: bákn, báken
    - Danish: bavn
    - Faroese: bákn
    - Icelandic: bákn
- Old Dutch: *bōcan
  - Middle Dutch: bokin, boken, boekin, boeken, boekijn
- Old High German: bouhhan, bouchan, pouhhan, pouchan
  - Middle High German: bouchen
    - Alemannic German: Pauchen, Böchen
    - Swabian: Bauchen
- Old Saxon: bōkan
  - Middle Low German: bāke (from southern Eastphalian, or a conflation of grammatical paradigms with the borrowing from Old Frisian, see above)
    - Dutch Low Saxon: boake (“(Easter) fire sign”)
- →? Old French: boue, buie (alternatively from Latin boia)
  - Middle French: bouee, boue
    - French: bouée
  - → Catalan: boia
  - → Middle Dutch: boye, boeye
    - Dutch: boei
    - → Danish: bøje
      - → Icelandic: bauja
    - → Middle English: buoy, boye
      - English: buoy
    - → German: Boje
      - → Polish: boja
  - → Galician: boia
  - → Spanish: boya

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