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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/besmō
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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
Alternative forms
- *besmā[1]
Etymology
Unknown; possibly from Proto-Germanic *besmô, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰés-mō ~ *bʰs-m̥nés, from *bʰes- (“to rub, grind”) + *-mō, whence Ancient Greek ψάω (psáō, “to rub”), Sanskrit प्साति (psāti, “to chew”),[1] or perhaps from earlier *bitsmô, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéys-mō ~ *bʰis-m̥nés, from *bʰeydʰ- (“to split”) + *-mō[2].
Inflection
| Masculine an-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *besmō | |
| Genitive | *besmini, *besman | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *besmō | *besman |
| Accusative | *besman | *besman |
| Genitive | *besmini, *besman | *besmanō |
| Dative | *besmini, *besman | *besmum |
| Instrumental | *besmini, *besman | *besmum |
Descendants
References
- Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Besen”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 78: “wg. *besmōn-”
- Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “Besen”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
- Boutkan, Dirk, Siebinga, Sjoerd (2005) “besma”, in Old Frisian Etymological Dictionary (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 1), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 41-42: “PGMC: *besm-an- (PWGmc.)”
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