An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Busch

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, B
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis

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2582331An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, B — BuschJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

Busch, masculine, ‘bush, thicket, plume (of a helmet),’ from Middle High German busch, bosch, Old High German busc, masculine, ‘bush, shrubbery, thicket, wood, cluster’; compare English bush, Dutch bos, ‘cluster,’ bosch, ‘copse,’ bussel, ‘cluster.’ There are similar forms in Romance, Italian bosco, French bois, which are traced back to. a Middle Latin buscus, boscus. — Allied to Büschel, ‘cluster,’ from Middle High German büschel, masculine.