*bōsmaz

Runic: ᛒᛟᛊᛗᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈbɔːs.mɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

bosom

Etymology

Exact origin unclear. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵʰús (‘arm; ; whence *bōguz, ‘upper arm, shoulder’’), but it would have needed to come from a form such as pre-Germanic **bōg-s-mo-s > **bōh-smaz > *bōsmaz . Compare *faþmaz, ‘outstretched arms’). An origin with a root meaning ‘to blow, swell’ is often posited (see, for instance, (Orel 2003)), **bʰes- with cognates including Sanskrit भस्त्रा॑ (bhástrā) (bhástrā, ‘bellows’) and Ancient Greek ψῡ́χω (psū́khō) (psū́khō, ‘to breathe, blow’) via a lengthened o-grade form, bʰōs-mo-s, but that root is itself contested.

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	bōsmaz	bōsmōz, bōsmōs
Acc.	bōsmą	bōsmanz
Gen.	bōsmas, bōsmis	bōsmǫ̂
Dat.	bōsmai	bōsmamaz
Inst.	bōsmō	bōsmamiz
Voc.	bōsm	bōsmōz, bōsmōs

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Descendants

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

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