bosom

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbʊz(ə)m/

Inherited from Middle English

Inherited from Old English

Cognate with Saterland Frisian

Cognate with Western Frisian

Cognate with Dutch

Cognate with German

Cognate with Albanian

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In summary

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”).