Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/biusi

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbiu̯.si/

Verb

*biusi

second-person singular present active indicative of *beuną

Descendants

Old English: bist, bis; beost
- Middle English: bist, beest, best
  - English: bist, beest (archaic or dialectal)
Old Frisian: bist
- North Frisian:
  Föhr-Amrum: beest
  
  Halligen: bäst
  
  Heligoland: beest
  
  Mooring: bast
- Saterland Frisian: bääst
- West Frisian: bist
Old Saxon: bist, bis
- Middle Low German: bist
  - German Low German: bist, büst
  - Plautdietsch: best
Old Dutch: bis, bist
- Middle Dutch: bis, bist
  - Dutch: bis (dialectal)
  - Limburgish: bös
Old High German: bist, bis
- Middle High German: bist
  - Alemannic German: bisch
    Swabian: bisch
  - Bavarian: bist
    Cimbrian: pist
  - German: bist
  - Luxembourgish: bass
  - Pennsylvania German: bischt
  - Yiddish: ביסט (bist)

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