Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/beuzą
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This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *bʰews- (“dross, sediment; brewer's yeast”). If so, cognate with Swedish buska (“freshly brewed beer, new beer”), Middle Dutch and Middle Low German būsen (“to feast, booze, drink heavily”), Middle High German būs (“a swelling”), and indirectly (via bowse, ultimately from Middle Dutch) booze. Non-Germanic cognates may include Albanian mbush (“to fill, stuff”).
Alternatively reconstructed by Kroonen as *beurą, a dissimilation of earlier *breurą, derived from *brewwaną (“to brew”).[1] In a parenthetical side remark, Hyllested speculatively suggests an origin in Oghur *pora (“a grey kvas-like drink”).[2]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
*beuzą n
Inflection[edit]
| neuter a-stemDeclension of *beuzą (neuter a-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *beuzą | *beuzō | |
| vocative | *beuzą | *beuzō | |
| accusative | *beuzą | *beuzō | |
| genitive | *beuzas, *biuzis | *beuzǫ̂ | |
| dative | *biuzai | *beuzamaz | |
| instrumental | *beuzō | *beuzamiz | |
Alternative reconstructions[edit]
- *beurą
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Proto-West Germanic: *beuʀ
- Old Norse: bjórr
References[edit]
- Hyllested, Adam. (2014). Word Exchange at the Gates of Europe: Five Millennia of Language Contact. Københavns Universitet, Det Humanistiske Fakultet. University of Copenhagen. pp.121.