Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/buhsabaum

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 *buhs (“boxwood”) +‎ *baum (“tree”).

Noun

*buhsabaum m

  1. box tree

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *bohsabaum
Genitive *bohsabaumas
Singular Plural
Nominative *bohsabaum *bohsabaumō, *bohsabaumōs
Accusative *bohsabaum *bohsabaumā
Genitive *bohsabaumas *bohsabaumō
Dative *bohsabaumē *bohsabaumum
Instrumental *bohsabaumu *bohsabaumum

Descendants

  • Old Frisian: *buchsbām, *busbām
    • Saterland Frisian: Busboom
    • West Frisian: buksbeam
  • Old Saxon: buhsbōm
    • Middle Low German: busbôm, bussebom
      • German Low German:
        Altmarkisch: Buschboom
        Ostfriesisch: Bussboom
        Westphalian: Bußbaom
      • → Danish: buksbom
      • → Norwegian: buxbom
      • → Swedish: buxbom
  • Old Dutch: *buhsbōm
    • Middle Dutch: bosboom, buschboom
  • Old High German: buhsboum
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