Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗To enclose or carry in the bosom; to keep with care; to take to heart; to cherish. · To conceal; to hide from view; to embosom. · To belly; to billow, swell or bulge. · To belly; to cause to billow, swell or bulge.
The breast or chest of a human (or sometimes of another animal). · The seat of one's inner thoughts, feelings, etc.; one's secret feelings; desire. · The protected interior or inner part of something; the area enclosed as by an embrace. · The part of a dress etc. covering the chest; a neckline.
In a very close relationship.
From Middle English bosom, bosum, from Old English bōsm, from Proto-West Germanic *bōsm, from Proto-Germanic *bōsmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewH- (“to swell, bend, curve”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Bossem, Bousem (“bosom”), West Frisian boezem (“bosom”), Dutch boezem (“bosom”), German Busen (“bosom”). Related also to Albanian buzë (“lip”), Greek βυζί (vyzí, “breast”), Romanian buză (“lip”), Irish bus (“lip”), and Latin bucca (“cheek”).
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- Root classification mention*bʰuH-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionbosomenm
- Inherited-form mentionbōsmang
- Inherited-form mention*bōsmgmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*bōsmazgem-pro
- Derivation mention*bʰewH-ine-pro · to swell, bend, curve
- Cognate mentionBossemstq
- Cognate mentionboezemfy · bosom
- Cognate mentionboezemnl · bosom
- Cognate mentionBusende · bosom
- Cognate mentionbuzësq · lip
- Cognate mentionβυζίel · breast
- Cognate mentionbuzăro · lip
- Cognate mentionbusga · lip
- Cognate mentionbuccala · cheek
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