Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/beuzą
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This Proto-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-Germanic
Etymology
Uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *bʰews- (“dross, sediment; brewer's yeast”). If so, cognate with Swedish buska (“freshly brewed beer, new beer”), Middle Dutch and Middle Low German bûsen (“to feast, booze, drink heavily”), Middle High German būs (“a swelling”), and indirectly (via bowse, ultimately from Middle Dutch) booze. Non-Germanic cognates may include Albanian mbush (“to fill, stuff”).
Alternatively reconstructed by Kroonen as *beurą, a dissimilation of earlier *breurą, derived from *brewwaną (“to brew”). In a parenthetical side remark, Hyllested speculatively suggests an origin in Oghur *pora (“a grey kvas-like drink”).
Pronunciation
Noun
*beuzą n
Inflection
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | *beuzą | *beuzō |
| vocative | *beuzą | *beuzō |
| accusative | *beuzą | *beuzō |
| genitive | *beuzas, *biuzis | *beuzǫ̂ |
| dative | *beuzai | *beuzamaz |
| instrumental | *beuzō | *beuzamiz |
Alternative reconstructions
- *beurą
Derived terms
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *beuʀ
- Old Norse: bjórr
References
Further reading
- Hyllested, Adam. (2014). Word Exchange at the Gates of Europe: Five Millennia of Language Contact. Københavns Universitet, Det Humanistiske Fakultet. University of Copenhagen. pp.121.