boschage

Old French

Alternative forms

• boscage, boskage

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *boscaticum, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“forest, woods”).

Noun

boschage oblique singular, m (oblique plural boschages, nominative singular boschages, nominative plural boschage)

1. woods; woodland
   • 12^th Century, Béroul, Tristan et Iseut:

     Longuement sont en cel boschage.

     For a long time were they in the woods

Descendants

• Middle French: boscage, boscaige, boucaige
  • French: boscage
• → Middle English: boskage
  • English: boscage
• → Middle Low German: buschkasche
  • → Danish: buskads
  • → Norwegian:
    • Norwegian Bokmål: buskas
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: buskas
  • → Swedish: buskage
• → Dutch: bosschage
• → Medieval Latin: boscagium, buscagium