bosch

== Dutch == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɔs IPA(key): /bɔs/ === Noun === bosch n (plural bosschen, diminutive boschje n) obsolete spelling of bos == Ladin == === Etymology === From Late Latin busca, *buscus or boscus, from Frankish *busk, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (whence also came Old High German busk and English bush). === Noun === bosch m (plural bòsc) (Gherdëina) wood, forest == Lombard == === Etymology === Akin to Italian bosco, of West Germanic origin. Compare English bush. === Noun === bosch wood, forest == Middle Dutch == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Dutch *busc, from Proto-West Germanic *busk, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz. === Noun === bosch m or n forest, wood ==== Inflection ==== ==== Alternative forms ==== busch ==== Descendants ==== Dutch: bos, bosch (obsolete)Afrikaans: bosBerbice Creole Dutch: bosiNegerhollands: boesch, bosch→ Aukan: bosu→ Caribbean Javanese: bos (bunch, bundle)→ English: bush→ Dutch: bush, bushbush→? Guyanese Creole English: bush→ Indonesian: bos→ Papiamentu: bòshi, bosji (from the diminutive)→ Sranan Tongo: bosu (bunch, bundle)→ Sranan Tongo: busi (forest)→ Caribbean Javanese: busi→ Kwinti: busi→ Ndyuka-Trio Pidgin: busi Limburgish: bósj West Flemish: bus === Further reading === “bosc”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000 Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “bosch”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN == Piedmontese == === Etymology === Inherited from Early Medieval Latin boscus, borrowed from Frankish *busk, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz. === Noun === bosch wood timber