Words that come from Proto-Germanic bō-

400 words across 45 languages descend from Proto-Germanic bō- — including boy, boys, baby, bo, boyfriend, boyhood, cowboy, babe.

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English (248)

Danish (22)

Dutch (14)

Russian (13)

Cebuano (11)

Italian (9)

German (9)

Portuguese (7)

French (6)

Japanese (6)

Korean (5)

Hungarian (4)

Welsh (3)

Finnish (3)

Romanian (3)

Swedish (2)

Chinese (2)

Estonian (2)

Luxembourgish (2)

Hawaiian (2)

Yiddish (2)

Spanish (2)

Icelandic (1)

West Frisian (1)

Old Frisian (1)

Sranan Tongo (1)

Tagalog (1)

Old Swedish (1)

Esperanto (1)

Ido (1)

Faroese (1)

Catalan (1)

Turkish (1)

Armenian (1)

Yup'ik (1)

Hausa (1)

Thai (1)

Tok Pisin (1)

Norwegian Bokmål (1)

Norwegian Nynorsk (1)

Old Norse (1)

Pennsylvania German (1)

Saterland Frisian (1)

Alemannic German (1)

Serbo-Croatian (1)