Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/biumi

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.mi/

Verb

*biumi

1. first-person singular present active indicative of *beuną

Descendants

• Old English: bēom, bīom
  • Middle English: *beon, *ben, beo, be
    • English: bin, be (dialectal or non-standard)
• Old Frisian: bem, ben
  • North Frisian: ban (Mooring), bän (Hallig)
  • Saterland Frisian: bän
  • West Frisian: bin
• Old Saxon: bīum, bīom, bīon
  • Middle Low German: bün, bin
    • Dutch Low Saxon: bun
    • German Low German: bün, bin
• Old Dutch: bim
  • Middle Dutch: bim, bin
    • Dutch: ben

      Jersey Dutch: bän

    • Limburgish: bön
• Old High German: bim
  • Middle High German: bin
    • Alemannic German: bi, bin

      Swabian: bin, ben, bee

    • Bavarian: bin

      Cimbrian: pin, pinn

    • German: bin
    • Pennsylvania German: bin
    • Yiddish: בין (bin)