Germanic etymology : List with all references

Proto-Germanic: *pū́sa-z, *pusēn, *pūsan- (?) vb., *pūsta-z, *pūstōn- vb., *pustōn- vb., etc.

Meaning: swell, swelling

IE etymology: IE etymology

Old Norse: pūs-s m. `Beutel', posi m. `Beutel', pūst-r m. `Ohrfeige'

Norwegian: pūs `Geschwulst', pöysa, pūsna `anschwellen', pusling `Knirps, Kobold'; pose `Beutel'; pusta `blasen'

Old Swedish: ptc. pusin `geschwollen'

Swedish: püsa, pösa `bauschen'; pɔse `Beutel'; pust `Ohrfeige'

Old Danish: pust `Ohrfeige; Schnaufen, Blasen'

Danish: pose `Beutel'; puste `blasen'

Old English: posa `Sack'

Old Saxon: pūsilīn `Knäblein'

Middle Dutch: poester, puyster `Blasebalg', poesten, puysten `blasen'

Middle Low German: puster `Blasebalg'

Low German: pūse `Beutel', pūske `Blase'

Old High German: { pfoso `Beutel' }

Middle High German: phose wk. m. 'gürteltasche; beutel'

German: { Pfausback, Pausback; schweiz. pfūsig `geschwollen', pfosi `Knirps, unbeholfener, blöder Mensch' }

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Indo-European etymology :

Proto-IE: *būs-

Meaning: to swell, to stuff

Old Greek: bǖnéō, bǖ́nō, bǘzdō (~ -ǖ́-), bǘō, aor. bǖ̂sai̯, p. ebǘsthēn, pf. bébüsmai̯, bebüsméno-, va. pará-büsto- `vollstopfen, anfüllen', bǘstrǟ f., bǘsma n. `Pfropf', bǘzdǟn `dicht gedrängt, eng aneinander'

Slavic: *būxātī, *būxorъ, *būxnǭtī, *būxā etc.

Germanic: *pū́s-a- m., *pus-an- m., *pūs-a- (?) vb., *pūs-t-a- m., *pūs-t-ō- vb., *pus-t-ō- vb., etc.

Celtic: *bousto- (~ -eu- ) > OIr būas `Bauch'

Albanian: mbuš `fülle an'

Russ. meaning: разбухать, набивать

References: WP II 114 f