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.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

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

Noun

*beusu f

rush
Synonyms: *binut, *ruskijā

Declension

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*beusu
Genitive	*beusā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*beusu	*beusō
Accusative	*beusā	*beusā
Genitive	*beusā	*beusō
Dative	*beusē	*beusōm
Instrumental	*beusu	*beusōm

Descendants

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
- ⇒ Old Dutch: Biest, Biesuth (place name)
Old High German: biosa, bieso
- Middle High German: biese, bies, bize
  - German: Biese

References

van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “bies”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute