Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bōsmaz

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

Etymology

Exact origin unclear. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰōw- (“to inflate, swell”); or from earlier *bōhsmaz ("the space between the arms"; compare *faþmaz), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰāǵʰus (“arm”), whence *bōguz (“upper arm, shoulder”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbɔːs.mɑz/

Noun

*bōsmaz m

bosom
Synonym: *barmaz

Inflection

Declension of *bōsmaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*bōsmaz	bōsmōz, bōsmōs
vocative	*bōsm	bōsmōz, bōsmōs
accusative	*bōsmą	*bōsmanz
genitive	bōsmas, bōsmis	*bōsmǫ̂
dative	*bōsmai	*bōsmamaz
instrumental	*bōsmō	*bōsmamiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *bōsm
- Old English: bōsm, bōsum
  - Middle English: bosom, bosum, bosem
    - English: bosom
    - Scots: bosum, bosome
- Old Frisian: bōsm, bōsem
  - → Saterland Frisian: Bossem
  - West Frisian: boeseme, boezem, buozzem
- Old Saxon: bōsom
  - Middle Low German: bôsem, bôseme
    - Dutch Low Saxon: bussem
- Old Dutch: *buosum, *buosom
  - Middle Dutch: boesem
    - Dutch: boezem
      - Afrikaans: boesem
    - Limburgish: bozem
- Old High German: buosum, buosam
  - Middle High German: buosem, buosen
    - Cimbrian: pusum
    - German: Busen
    - Yiddish: בוזעם (buzem)