Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/buhsabaum

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 *buhs (“boxwood”) +‎ *baum (“tree”).

Noun

*buhsabaum m

box tree

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*buhsabaum
Genitive	*buhsabaumas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*buhsabaum	buhsabaumō, buhsabaumōs
Accusative	*buhsabaum	*buhsabaumā
Genitive	*buhsabaumas	*buhsabaumō
Dative	*buhsabaumē	*buhsabaumum
Instrumental	*buhsabaumu	*buhsabaumum

Descendants

Old Frisian: *buchsbām, *busbām
- Saterland Frisian: Busboom
- West Frisian: buksbeam
Old Saxon: buhsbōm
- Middle Low German: busbôm, bussebom
  - German Low German:
    Altmarkisch: Buschboom
    
    Ostfriesisch: Bussboom
    
    Westphalian: Bußbaom
  - → Danish: buksbom
  - → Norwegian: buxbom
  - → Swedish: buxbom
    - → Finnish: puksipuu
Old Dutch: *buhsbōm
- Middle Dutch: bosboom, buschboom
  - Dutch: buksboom
  - → Scots: buschbome, buschboun
Old High German: buhsboum
- Middle High German: buhsboum, puhspoum
  - German: Buchsbaum
  - → Polish: bukszpan

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