Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/būraz

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 or related to *būaną (“to dwell”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuː.rɑz/

Noun

*būraz m

1. dweller, inhabitant

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *būraz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*būraz	*būrōz, *būrōs
vocative	*būr	*būrōz, *būrōs
accusative	*būrą	*būranz
genitive	*būras, *būris	*būrǫ̂
dative	*būrai	*būramaz
instrumental	*būrō	*būramiz

Derived terms

• *gabūr

Related terms

• *būrą

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *būr
  • Old English: būr
    • Middle English: boueer, booer
      • English: bower
      • Scots: bour
    • ⇒ Old English: gebūr
      • → English: gebur
  • Old Frisian: būr
    • ⇒ Old Frisian: *gebūr
      • West Frisian: gebuur
  • Old Saxon: *būr
    • Middle Low German: bûr
      • Low German: Buer
      • ⇒ Polabian: bör
    • ⇒ Old Saxon: gibūr
  • Old Dutch: *būr
    • Middle Dutch: buur
      • Dutch: buur
        • Afrikaans: buur
        • Jersey Dutch: buer
    • Middle Dutch: bure (eastern dialects)
      • Dutch: boer
        • Afrikaans: boer
          • → English: Boer
        • Jersey Dutch: bûr
        • → English: boor
        • → Sranan Tongo: buru
          • → Caribbean Javanese: bulman, bulmang, buru
          • → Dutch: boeroe
    • ⇒ Old Dutch: gibūr
      • Middle Dutch: gebuur
        • Dutch: gebuur
        • West Flemish: gebeur
  • Old High German: būr
    • ⇒ Middle High German: būre (“neighbor, farmer, peasant”)
      • German: Bauer (“farmer”)
        • → English: bauer; bower
        • → Polish: bauer
        • → Serbo-Croatian: pȁor, па̏ор
      • Luxembourgish: Bauer
      • Mòcheno: pauer
      • Pennsylvania German: Bauer
      • Yiddish: פּויער (poyer)