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 (púxos) + -ις (-is).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈbyxs̠ə/

Noun

bühse f

1. box

   ein bühse, dar inne er guote briefe truoc. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. rifle

Declension

Declension of bühse (feminine, class 1 strong)

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	diu	bühse	die	bühse
genitive	einer	dër	bühse	dër	bühsen
dative	einer	dër	bühse	dën	bühsen
accusative	eine	die	bühse	die	bühse

Descendants

• Bavarian: Bichsn, Bixn, Buchsn, Buxn
• Central Franconian:
  • Hunsrik: Bichs
  • Luxembourgish: Béchs
• East Central German: Bichs
• German: Büchse (“can”)
  • → Kashubian: biksa
  • → Pennsylvania German: Bix
  • → Silesian: biksa
• German: Buchse (“bushing, connector”)
• Yiddish: ביקס (biks)
• → Hungarian: puska
• → Proto-Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: пу́шка (púška)
  • Czech: puška
  • Old East Slavic: пушка (puška)
    • Russian: пу́шка (púška)
  • Polish: puszka
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    • Cyrillic script: пу̏шка
    • Latin script: pȕška
    • → Albanian: pushkë
  • Slovak: puška
  • Slovene: púška
  • → Romanian: pușcă

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)