Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/busk

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 *buskaz.

Noun

*busk m

1. bush, thicket

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*busk, *boska
Genitive	*boskas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*busk, *boska	*boskōs
Accusative	*busk, *boska	*boskā
Genitive	*boskas	*boskō
Dative	*buskē	*buskum
Instrumental	*busku	*buskum

Descendants

• Old English: bysċ, busċ
  • Middle English: bush
    • English: bush
    • Scots: bus
• Old Frisian: bosk
  • Saterland Frisian: Busk
  • West Frisian: bosk
• Old Saxon: busk
  • Middle Low German: busk, busch
    • Low German: Busk, Busch
• Old Dutch: *busc
  • Middle Dutch: bosch
    • Dutch: bos
• Old High German: busk
  • Middle High German: busch, bosch
    • German: Busch
    • Luxembourgish: Bësch
    • Yiddish: בוש (bush)
• → Latin: boscus (see there for further descendants)