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CHILD / LATER FORM / reconstructedProto-Germanic · Proto-Germanic · dwell germanic verb

*bōwan

to dwell; live

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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / reconstructedProto-Indo-European · Proto-Indo-European lengthened o-grade · live lengthened o grade

*bhōw-

to live; dwell

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THE COMPLETE RELATIONSHIP

EVERY FIELD, NOT A FAIRY TALE

SOUND CHANGE

Proto-Germanic *bōwan reflects the lengthened o-grade *bhōw-.

SEMANTIC CHANGE

The dwell and live formation continues at reconstructed depth.

CHRONOLOGY

No separate chronology note is attached beyond the endpoint date ranges.

SCHOLAR / EDITORIAL AUTHORITY

Calvert Watkins and American Heritage Dictionary Editors

CONFIDENCE

established — no additional confidence note is attached.

EDITORIAL STATUS

reviewed

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CITATION REGISTER

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Indo-European Root: bheue- and bheu-bheue-: lengthened o-grade *bhōw- to Germanic *bōwan

Publishes the reconstructed formation.

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EDITORIAL REUSE

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RELATION / 783husband

*bōwan → *bhōw-

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