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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.
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin buxis (“box”). Doublet of *buhs.
Noun
*buhsā f
- box, casket
Inflection
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Singular
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| Nominative
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*bohsā
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| Genitive
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*bohsōn
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Singular
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Plural
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| Nominative
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*bohsā
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*bohsōn
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| Accusative
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*bohsōn
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*bohsōn
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| Genitive
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*bohsōn
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*bohsōnō
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| Dative
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*bohsōn
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*bohsōm, *buhsum
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| Instrumental
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*bohsōn
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*bohsōm, *buhsum
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Descendants
- Old English: box
- Middle English: box
- English: box (see there for further descendants)
- Scots: box
- Old Frisian: *bukse, busse
- Old Saxon: *buhsa
- Middle Low German: busse
- German Low German: Büsse, Büss
- → Old Norse: byssa
- Icelandic: byssa
- Faroese: byrsa
- Norwegian: bøsse, bøssa, børse, børsa
- Old Swedish: byssa, bøssa
- Danish: bøsse
- → Estonian: püss
- Old Dutch: *bussa
- Middle Dutch: busse
- Dutch: bus
- Limburgish: bösj
- → English: bush
- Old High German: buhsa
- Middle High German: bühse, pühse
- → Old Czech: puška