Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bausuz
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *bʰowHs-o-s, from a root *bʰewHs- (“to blow, inflate, swell”) of apparent onomatopoeic origin, which Kroonen compares with Russian бу́хнуть (búxnutʹ, “to swell up”), Kashubian bucha (“pride, haughtiness”).[1]
Pronunciation
Adjective
*bausuz
Inflection
Declension of *bausuz (u-stem)
| strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | *bausuz | *bausijai | *bausī | *bausijôz | *bausų, *-jatō | *bausijō |
| accusative | *bausijanǭ | *bausijanz | *bausijǭ | *bausijōz | *bausų, *-jatō | *bausijō |
| genitive | *bausijas, *bausīs | *bausijaizǫ̂ | *bausijaizōz | *bausijaizǫ̂ | *bausijas, *bausīs | *bausijaizǫ̂ |
| dative | *bausijammai | *bausijaimaz | *bausijaizōi | *bausijaimaz | *bausijammai | *bausijaimaz |
| instrumental | *bausijanō | *bausijaimiz | *bausijaizō | *bausijaimiz | *bausijanō | *bausijaimiz |
| weak declension | ||||||
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | *bausijô | *bausijaniz | *bausijǭ | *bausijōniz | *bausijô | *bausijōnō |
| accusative | *bausijanų | *bausijanunz | *bausijōnų | *bausijōnunz | *bausijô | *bausijōnō |
| genitive | *bausīniz | *bausijanǫ̂ | *bausijōniz | *bausijōnǫ̂ | *bausīniz | *bausijanǫ̂ |
| dative | *bausīni | *bausijammaz | *bausijōni | *bausijōmaz | *bausīni | *bausijammaz |
| instrumental | *bausīnē | *bausijammiz | *bausijōnē | *bausijōmiz | *bausīnē | *bausijammiz |
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *bausī
- >? Old Norse: *bauss, *beyss
References
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*bausa-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 56