bühse
Middle High German
Alternative forms
- pühse
Etymology
From Old High German buhsa, from Proto-West Germanic *buhsā, borrowed from Late Latin buxis, borrowed from Ancient Greek πυξίς (puxís), from πῠ́ξος (pŭ́xos) + -ις (-is).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈbʏxs̠ə/
Noun
bühse f
- box
- ein bühse, dar inne er guote briefe truoc. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- rifle
Declension
Descendants
- Bavarian: Bichsn, Bixn, Buchsn, Buxn
- Central Franconian:
- East Central German: Bichs
- German: Büchse (“can”)
- German: Buchse (“bushing, connector”)
- Yiddish: ביקס (biks)
- → Hungarian: puska
- → Proto-Slavic:
References
- Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “BÜHSE”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel
- "bühse" in Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)