Reconstruction:Old Dutch/busc

This Old Dutch 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.

Old Dutch

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *busk, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz.

Noun

*busc m or n

1. bush

Inflection

Declension of *busc (masculine a-stem noun)

case	singular	plural
nominative	*busc	*busca
accusative	*busc	*busca
genitive	*buskes	*busco
dative	*buske	*buscon

Declension of *busc (neuter a-stem noun)

case	singular	plural
nominative	*busc	*busc
accusative	*busc	*busc
genitive	*buskes	*busco
dative	*buske	*buscon

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: bosch
  • Dutch: bos

Further reading

• “busk”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012