Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bōsmaz

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

Exact origin unclear. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰōw- (“to inflate, swell”); or from earlier *bōhsmaz ("the space between the arms"; compare *faþmaz), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰāǵʰus (“arm”), whence *bōguz (“upper arm, shoulder”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔːs.mɑz/

Noun

*bōsmaz m

1. bosom

   Synonym: *barmaz

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *bōsmaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*bōsmaz	*bōsmōz, *bōsmōs
vocative	*bōsm	*bōsmōz, *bōsmōs
accusative	*bōsmą	*bōsmanz
genitive	*bōsmas, *bōsmis	*bōsmǫ̂
dative	*bōsmai	*bōsmamaz
instrumental	*bōsmō	*bōsmamiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *bōsm
  • Old English: bōsm, bōsum
    • Middle English: bosom, bosum, bosem
      • English: bosom
      • Scots: bosum, bosome
  • Old Frisian: bōsm, bōsem
    • → Saterland Frisian: Bossem
    • West Frisian: boeseme, boezem, buozzem
  • Old Saxon: bōsom
    • Middle Low German: bôsem, bôseme
      • Dutch Low Saxon: bussem
  • Old Dutch: *buosum, *buosom
    • Middle Dutch: boesem
      • Dutch: boezem
      • Limburgish: bozem
  • Old High German: buosum, buosam
    • Middle High German: buosem, buosen
      • Cimbrian: pusum
      • German: Busen
      • Yiddish: בוזעם (buzem)