Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/buhsabaum

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From *buhs (“boxwood”) +‎ *baum (“tree”).

Noun

*buhsabaum m

1. box tree

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*bohsabaum
Genitive	*bohsabaumas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*bohsabaum	*bohsabaumō, *bohsabaumōs
Accusative	*bohsabaum	*bohsabaumā
Genitive	*bohsabaumas	*bohsabaumō
Dative	*bohsabaumē	*bohsabaumum
Instrumental	*bohsabaumu	*bohsabaumum

Descendants

• Old Frisian: *buchsbām, *busbām
  • Saterland Frisian: Busboom
  • West Frisian: buksbeam
• Old Saxon: buhsbōm
  • Middle Low German: busbôm, bussebom
    • German Low German:

      Altmarkisch: Buschboom

      Ostfriesisch: Bussboom

      Westphalian: Bußbaom

    • → Danish: buksbom
    • → Norwegian: buxbom
    • → Swedish: buxbom
      • → Finnish: puksipuu
• Old Dutch: *buhsbōm
  • Middle Dutch: bosboom, buschboom
    • Dutch: buksboom, busboom (archaic)
    • → Scots: buschbome, buschboun
• Old High German: buhsboum
  • Middle High German: buhsboum, puhspoum
    • German: Buchsbaum
    • → Polish: bukszpan