NODE / 0861reconstructedProto-Indo-European
*bheuə-
TRANSLITERATION *bheuə-
to be; exist; grow
- DATE
- Proto-Indo-European root
- SENSE
- be exist grow root
- FAMILY
- Indo-European
- CANONICAL KEY
- node:6:bheue:reconstructed:sense:be-exist-grow-root
The comparative root family includes dwelling and becoming formations.
*This form is reconstructed by comparison. It is not directly attested in this exact written form.
01ANCESTRAL EDGES
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02DIRECT DESCENDANT EDGES
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03TRANSITIVE DESCENDANT CLOSURE
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- UNIQUE DESCENDANT NODES
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- REVIEWED EDGES
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- DEEPEST PATH
- 8
- MODERN DOSSIERS REACHED
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HISTORICAL STEP 011 EDGE
STEP 01morphological derivationestablished
- SOUND
- The lengthened-grade *bhōw- is analyzed under *bheuə-, to be, exist, or grow.
- MEANING
- Living and dwelling belong to the wider being and becoming field.
Calvert Watkins and American Heritage Dictionary Editors1 CITATIONEDGE 863 ↗ HISTORICAL STEP 021 EDGE
STEP 02inheritanceestablished
- SOUND
- Proto-Germanic *bōwan reflects the lengthened o-grade *bhōw-.
- MEANING
- The dwell and live formation continues at reconstructed depth.
Calvert Watkins and American Heritage Dictionary Editors1 CITATIONEDGE 862 ↗ HISTORICAL STEP 031 EDGE
STEP 03inheritanceestablished
- SOUND
- Old Norse būa reflects Proto-Germanic *bōwan.
- MEANING
- Dwelling and inhabiting continue across the inherited verb.
Calvert Watkins and American Heritage Dictionary Editors1 CITATIONEDGE 861 ↗ HISTORICAL STEP 041 EDGE
STEP 04derivationestablished
- SOUND
- Old Norse bōndi or būandi is a participial noun from būa.
- MEANING
- A dwelling action supplies the householder noun.
American Heritage Dictionary Editors1 CITATIONEDGE 860 ↗ HISTORICAL STEP 051 EDGE
STEP 05compound componentestablished
- SOUND
- Old Norse hūsbōndi contains bōndi or būandi, householder, as its second component.
- MEANING
- The householder element supplies the resident or master role.
Merriam-Webster Editors · American Heritage Dictionary Editors2 CITATIONSEDGE 859 ↗ HISTORICAL STEP 061 EDGE
STEP 06borrowingestablished
- SOUND
- Old English hūsbōnda was borrowed from Old Norse hūsbōndi.
- MEANING
- A Norse householder and master term enters English before becoming the basic spouse term.
Merriam-Webster Editors · American Heritage Dictionary Editors2 CITATIONSEDGE 858 ↗ HISTORICAL STEP 071 EDGE
STEP 07continuationestablished
- SOUND
- Middle English husbonde continues Old English hūsbōnda.
- MEANING
- The borrowed householder noun develops the spouse sense in English.
Merriam-Webster Editors · American Heritage Dictionary Editors2 CITATIONSEDGE 857 ↗ HISTORICAL STEP 081 EDGE
STEP 08continuationestablished
- SOUND
- Middle English husbonde develops into modern husband with reduction of the final vowel and stabilized spelling.
- MEANING
- Householder and master senses narrow toward the married-man relation.
Merriam-Webster Editors · American Heritage Dictionary Editors2 CITATIONSEDGE 856 ↗ “Every” means every descendant in the reviewed SET-U graph. It does not convert missing scholarship or missing ingestion into a claim of historical completeness. The coverage ledger remains the honest denominator.
04RECORDED EVIDENCE
ATTESTATIONS / FIRST KNOWN USE
NO RECORDED WITNESS ATTACHED.That is expected for a reconstructed form: the node is inferred from comparison, not quoted from a surviving occurrence.
05EDITORIAL REUSE
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