-bo
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Old Norse Búi, from búi (“dweller”), from búa (“to dwell”), from Proto-Germanic *būą.
-bo
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | -bo | -boen | -boer | -boerne |
genitive | -bos | -boens | -boers | -boernes |
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
-bo
Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to grow, become, come into being, appear”). Compare fīō (“I become”).
-bō
It correlates with the conjugation of the present active indicative forms as well as the present active subjunctive forms of the third conjugation:
Original form | Derived form | 1s | 2s | 3s | 1p | 2p | 3p |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Present active indicative (third conjugation) | Future active indicative | -bō | -bis | -bit | -bimus | -bitis | -bunt |
Present active subjunctive | Imperfect active indicative | -bam | -bās | -bat | -bāmus | -bātis | -bant |
Present passive indicative | Future passive indicative | -bor | -beris | -bitur | -bimur | -biminī | -buntur |
Present passive subjunctive | Imperfect passive indicative | -bar | -bāris | -bātur | -bāmur | -bāminī | -bantur |
-bo
-bo c
-bo will work in almost all cases; -are is more common for certain towns/cities. But also in those cases, -bo should be considered valid. Note that in some cases, typically when the name of the location is a compound word, the interfix -s- is inserted before -bo, e.g. Stockholmsbo.
-it is even less common, denoting a person with very strong bonds towards the town or city in question; someone who lived there all of his/her life, possibly even with ancestors who lived there too. Only a few towns/cities give rise to commonly used -it-forms, notably Malmö (malmöit).
-bo
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.