Words that come from Proto-Germanic bō-

400 words across 47 languages descend from Proto-Germanic bō- — including boy, boys, baby, bo, boyfriend, boyhood, cowboy, babe.

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English (242)

Danish (24)

Dutch (13)

Cebuano (11)

German (10)

Portuguese (7)

Middle English (6)

French (5)

Russian (5)

Italian (4)

Korean (4)

Japanese (4)

Tok Pisin (4)

Norwegian Bokmål (4)

Norwegian Nynorsk (4)

Welsh (3)

Finnish (3)

Spanish (3)

Romanian (3)

Middle Dutch (3)

Proto-Germanic (3)

Swedish (2)

Chinese (2)

Estonian (2)

Hawaiian (2)

Yiddish (2)

Serbo-Croatian (2)

Vietnamese (2)

Old English (2)

American English (2)

Icelandic (1)

Sranan Tongo (1)

Tagalog (1)

Faroese (1)

Catalan (1)

Turkish (1)

Armenian (1)

Yup'ik (1)

Hausa (1)

Thai (1)

Old Norse (1)

Pennsylvania German (1)

Pijin (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Old High German (1)

Old Swedish (1)

Middle High German (1)