Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/beusu

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.

Unknown. Due to the limited geographical distribution of the word and its narrow use of meaning, it is likely borrowed from a substrate.^[1]

*beusu f

1. rush

   Synonyms: *binut, *ruskijā, *skilp

• Old English: *bēos
  • ⇒ Old English: *Bēostūn (place name)
    • Middle English: Bestone, Bistone
      • English: Beeston
• Old Frisian: *biāsa
  • West Frisian: biis, bies, bys
• Old Saxon: bīosa
  • Middle Low German: bēse
    • Low German: Beese, Bäse, Baise, Buse, Bees, Bäis, Bäisen, Beesen
    • → Middle High German: byese
• Old Dutch: *biesa
  • Middle Dutch: biese, bise
    • Dutch: bies
      • ⇒ Afrikaans: biesie
  • ⇒ Old Dutch: Biest, Biesuth (place name)
• Old High German: biosa, bieso
  • Middle High German: biese, bies, bize
    • German: Biese

• Kunz, Ruth, Vòllono, Maria (2009) ‚Nordwörter‘ und ‚Südwörter‘. Alte Wortschichten in Toponymen eines exemplarischen Interferenzraumes (Veröffentlichungen der Kommission für Saarländische Landesgeschichte und Volksforschung; 42)‎ (in German), Saarbrücken, →ISBN, pages 39–47