Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/beustameluk
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From *beust (“beestings”) + *meluk (“milk”).
Noun
*beustameluk f
Inflection
| Consonant stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *beustameluk | |
| Genitive | *beustameluki | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *beustameluk | *beustameluki |
| Accusative | *beustameluku | *beustameluki |
| Genitive | *beustameluki | *beustamelukō |
| Dative | *beustameluki | *beustamelukum |
| Instrumental | *beustameluki | *beustamelukum |
Descendants
- Old Saxon: *biostmiluk
- Middle Low German: bêstmelk
- German Low German:
- Altmärkisch: Bêstmelk
- Low Prussian: Bîstmilch, Bissmilch, Bêstmilch
- Westphalian:
- Dortmundisch: Baẹ̆stmeälke f
- Sauerländisch: Baistmielek (Bestwig, Drolshagen, Olpe), Boismielek (Kirchhundem), Boistmielek (Selbecke), Bischtmelek (Wenden)
- East Westphalian: Beustmälke (Lippe), Baistmialke (Ravensberg)
- Westmünsterländisch: Biestmelk, Biestemelk, Biesmelk, Beestemelk
- German Low German:
- Middle Low German: bêstmelk
- Old High German: *biostmiluh
- Middle High German: biestmilich
- German: Biestmilch
- Middle High German: biestmilich