Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/būsniz

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

From earlier *budsniz, from zero-grade of *beudaną (“to offer, bid”) +‎ *-(s)niz.^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbuːs.niz/

Noun

*būsniz f^[1]^[3]^[2]

something offered

Inflection

i-stemDeclension of *būsniz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*būsniz	*būsnīz
vocative	*būsni	*būsnīz
accusative	*būsnį	*būsninz
genitive	*būsnīz	*būsnijǫ̂
dative	*būsnī	*būsnimaz
instrumental	*būsnī	*būsnimiz

Related terms

*beudaną

Derived terms

*anabūsniz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *būsni
- Old English: bȳsn, bȳsen
  - Middle English: bisne, bysen
    - Scots: bysen, bizen, besyne, bysene
    - English: bizen
- Old Saxon: būsen, būsan (in compounds: e.g. ambūsan)
Old Norse: býsn
- Icelandic: býsn n pl
- Norwegian Nynorsk: bisn f or n

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*būsniz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 65
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Seebold, Elmar (1970) chapter 109, in Vergleichendes und etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen starken Verben (Janua Linguarum. Series practica; 85) (in German), Paris, Den Haag: Mouton, →ISBN, page *bud-s-ni- → busni-z
^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 224: “PGmc *būsniz ‘thing offered’”

[HGE-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*būsniz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 65

[Seebold-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Seebold, Elmar (1970) chapter 109, in Vergleichendes und etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen starken Verben (Janua Linguarum. Series practica; 85) (in German), Paris, Den Haag: Mouton, →ISBN, page *bud-s-ni- → busni-z

[3] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 224: “PGmc *būsniz ‘thing offered’”

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