buhsa

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *buhsā, borrowed from Late Latin buxis, borrowed from Ancient Greek πυξίς (puxís), from πῠ́ξος (púxos) + -ις (-is).

Noun

buhsa f

1. box

Declension

Declension of buhsa (feminine n-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	buhsa	buhsun
accusative	buhsūn	buhsun
genitive	buhsūn	buhsōno
dative	buhsūn	buhsōm, buhsōn

Descendants

• Middle High German: bühse, pühse
  • 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
• → Old Czech: puška
  • Czech: puška

References

• "buhsa" in Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch (6th edition 2014)