bössa

From Old Swedish byssa, bössa (“rifle, cannon, box”), from Middle Low German büsse (“box, gun”), from Medieval Latin buxis, from Ancient Greek πῠξῐ́ς (pŭxĭ́s), from πῠ́ξος (pŭ́xos, “box wood”). Cognate with bush.

• IPA^(key): /²bœsːa/

bössa c

1. (informal) rifle

   Synonym: gevär

2. small box for storing money, like coins, a charity box, a collection box

• hagelbössa (“shotgun”)
• sparbössa
• ärtbössa

• box

• bössa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• bössa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• bössa in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)