Words that come from Old Norse búa

196 words across 22 languages descend from Old Norse búa — including husband, bond, bonds, bondage, Bo, bustle, bustling, bondsman.

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English (65)

Swedish (23)

Norwegian Nynorsk (16)

Icelandic (15)

Middle English (12)

Old Norse (11)

Faroese (10)

Norwegian Bokmål (10)

Danish (8)

Old English (6)

Scots (4)

Japanese (3)

Westrobothnian (2)

Finnish (2)

Portuguese (2)

Latin (1)

Old Danish (1)

Lule Sami (1)

Pite Sami (1)

Pennsylvania German (1)

Scottish Gaelic (1)

Medieval Latin (1)