bosch

See also: Bosch, Bösch, bos-ch, and bös-ch

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔs
• IPA^(key): /bɔs/

Noun

bosch

1. Obsolete spelling of bos

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *busc, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz.

Noun

bosch m or n

1. forest, wood

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

• busch

Descendants

• Dutch: bos, bosch
  • Afrikaans: bos
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: bosi
  • Negerhollands: boesch, bosch
  • → Aukan: bosu
  • → Caribbean Javanese: bos (bunch, bundle)
  • → English: bush
    • → Dutch: bush, bushbush
  • →? Guyanese Creole English: bush
  • → Indonesian: bos
  • → Papiamentu: bòshi, bosji (from the diminutive)
  • → Sranan Tongo: bosu (bunch, bundle)
  • → Sranan Tongo: busi (forest)
    • → Caribbean Javanese: busi
    • → Kwinti: busi
    • → Ndyuka-Trio Pidgin: busi
• Limburgish: bósj
• West Flemish: bus

Further reading

• “bosc”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “bosch”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

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Piedmontese

Etymology

Vulgar Latin boscus from Germanic bosk

Noun

bosch

1. wood

   na tàula `d bòsch

   a table of wood

2. timber