Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bōsm

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bōsmaz.

Noun

*bōsm m^[1]

lap, upper legs
bosom

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*bōsm
Genitive	*bōsmas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*bōsm	bōsmō, bōsmōs
Accusative	*bōsm	*bōsmā
Genitive	*bōsmas	*bōsmō
Dative	*bōsmē	*bōsmum
Instrumental	*bōsmu	*bōsmum

Descendants

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)

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 332: “PWGmc *bōsm”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 332: “PWGmc *bōsm”

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