Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bōsm
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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. |
Proto-West Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *bōsmaz.
Noun
[edit]*bōsm m[1]
Inflection
[edit]| 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
[edit]- Old English: bōsm, bōsum
- Old Frisian: bōsm, bōsem
- Old Saxon: bōsom
- Old Dutch: *buosum, *buosom
- Old High German: buosum, buosam
References
[edit]- ^ 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”