Words that come from Proto-Germanic bōtō

338 words across 48 languages descend from Proto-Germanic bōtō — including boat, boot, steamboat, boating, bootstrap, gunboat, lifeboat, sailboat.

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English (202)

German (13)

French (9)

Icelandic (8)

Spanish (8)

Middle English (8)

Norman (8)

Ido (5)

Portuguese (5)

Swedish (4)

Italian (4)

Dutch (4)

Old French (4)

Old English (4)

Luxembourgish (3)

Old Norse (3)

Norwegian Bokmål (3)

Norwegian Nynorsk (3)

Middle Dutch (2)

Old Dutch (2)

Danish (2)

Middle French (2)

Greek (2)

Telugu (2)

Cebuano (2)

Hindi (2)

Tok Pisin (2)

Old High German (2)

Old Swedish (1)

Esperanto (1)

Catalan (1)

Turkish (1)

Japanese (1)

Marathi (1)

Korean (1)

Gothic (1)

Seychellois Creole (1)

Haitian Creole (1)

Mauritian Creole (1)

Proto-Germanic (1)

Swahili (1)

Vietnamese (1)

Old Portuguese (1)

Galician (1)

Antillean Creole (1)

Papiamentu (1)

Middle High German (1)

Middle Low German (1)