Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/būsni

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

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *būsniz.

Noun

*būsni f[1]

something offered

Inflection

i-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*būsni
Genitive	*būsnī
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*būsni	*būsnī
Accusative	*būsni	*būsnī
Genitive	*būsnī	*būsnijō
Dative	*būsnī	būsnim, būsnijum
Instrumental	*būsnī	būsnim, būsnijum

Descendants

Old English: bȳsn, bȳsen
- Middle English: bisne, bysen
  - Scots: bysen, bizen, besyne, bysene
  - English: bizen
Old Saxon: būsen, būsan (in compounds: e.g. ambūsan)

References

Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 331: “PWGmc *būsni”

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[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 331: “PWGmc *būsni”