Busk
See also: busk
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Creek puskita, pusketv (“a fast”).
Proper noun edit
Busk
- A feast of first fruits among the Creek tribe of Native Americans, celebrated when the corn is ripe enough to be eaten.
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Danish and Swedish Busk; alternatively, it could be an English topographic surname for someone who lived by a bush, from Old Norse buskr (“bush”).
Proper noun edit
Busk (plural Busks)
- A surname.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Busk is the 41303rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 527 individuals. Busk is most common among White (90.89%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Busk”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 260.
Etymology 3 edit
Proper noun edit
Busk
Translations edit
city in Ukraine
Anagrams edit
Saterland Frisian edit
Etymology edit
From Old Frisian bosk, from Proto-West Germanic *busk.
Noun edit
Busk