*buskaz

Runic: ᛒᚢᛊᚲᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈbus.kɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

bush; thicket

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly derived from *būaną (‘to dwell, reside’) or its root, Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (‘to swell, grow’), but this would involve the addition of two separate extensions (*-s- and *-k-). Another possibility is that it is from a substrate language, noting that many northwest European languages have words for flora and fauna with -sk- and -st-. The Latin borrowing theory is unlikely: the borrowing was almost definitely from Proto-Germanic to Latin.

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	buskaz	buskōz, buskōs
Acc.	buską	buskanz
Gen.	buskas, buskis	buskǫ̂
Dat.	buskai	buskamaz
Inst.	buskō	buskamiz
Voc.	busk	buskōz, buskōs

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Descendants

*busk (Proto-West Germanic)
- boscus (Latin)
*busk (Proto-West Germanic)
- *busc (Old Dutch)
  - bosch (Middle Dutch)
    - bos (Dutch)
*busk (Proto-West Germanic)
- bysċ, busċ (Old English)
  - bush (Middle English)
    - bush (English)
    - bus (Scots)
*busk (Proto-West Germanic)
- bosk (Old Frisian)
  - Busk (Saterland Frisian)
  - bosk (West Frisian)
*busk (Proto-West Germanic)
- busk (Old High German)
  - busch, bosch (Middle High German)
    - Busch (German)
    - Bësch (Luxembourgish)
    - בוש (bush) (Yiddish)
*busk (Proto-West Germanic)
- busk (Old Saxon)
  - busk, busch (Middle Low German)
    - Busk, Busch (Low German)
buskr (Old Norse)
- busk (Danish)
- búskur, buski (Icelandic)
- busk (Norwegian Bokmål)
- busk (Norwegian Nynorsk)
buskr (Old Norse)
- busk, bosk (Middle English)
  - busk (Scots)
buskr (Old Norse)
- buske, buska (Swedish)

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