Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bōsm
Proto-West Germanic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *bōsmaz.
Noun edit
*bōsm m[1]
Inflection edit
Masculine a-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *bōsm | |
Genitive | *bōsmas | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *bōsm | *bōsmō, *bōsmōs |
Accusative | *bōsm | *bōsmā |
Genitive | *bōsmas | *bōsmō |
Dative | *bōsmē | *bōsmum |
Instrumental | *bōsmu | *bōsmum |
Descendants edit
- Old English: bōsm, bōsum
- Old Frisian: bōsm, bōsem
- Old Saxon: bōsom
- Old Dutch: *buosum, *buosom
- Old High German: buosum, buosam
References edit
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 332: “PWGmc *bōsm”