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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bōsmaz

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

Exact origin unclear. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰōw- (“to inflate, swell”); or from earlier *bōhsmaz ("the space between the arms"; compare *faþmaz), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰāǵʰus (“arm”), whence *bōguz (“upper arm, shoulder”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbɔːs.mɑz/

Noun

*bōsmaz m

  1. bosom
    Synonym: *barmaz

Inflection
masculine a-stemDeclension of *bōsmaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *bōsmaz *bōsmōz, *bōsmōs
vocative *bōsm *bōsmōz, *bōsmōs
accusative *bōsmą *bōsmanz
genitive *bōsmas, *bōsmis *bōsmǫ̂
dative *bōsmai *bōsmamaz
instrumental *bōsmō *bōsmamiz

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *bōsm
    • Old English: bōsm, bōsum
      • Middle English: bosom, bosum, bosem
        • English: bosom
        • Scots: bosum, bosome
    • Old Frisian: bōsm, bōsem
      • → Saterland Frisian: Bossem
      • West Frisian: boeseme, boezem, buozzem
    • Old Saxon: bōsom
      • Middle Low German: bôsem, bôseme
        • Dutch Low Saxon: bussem
    • Old Dutch: *buosum, *buosom
      • Middle Dutch: boesem
        • Dutch: boezem
        • Limburgish: bozem
    • Old High German: buosum, buosam
      • Middle High German: buosem, buosen
        • Cimbrian: pusum
        • German: Busen
        • Yiddish: בוזעם (buzem)
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