Words that come from Proto-Germanic baukną

300 words across 41 languages descend from Proto-Germanic baukną — including boy, boys, bo, boyfriend, boyhood, cowboy, boyish, beacon.

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English (189)

Cebuano (10)

Norwegian Bokmål (9)

Middle English (8)

Danish (6)

Portuguese (6)

Dutch (5)

Russian (5)

Norwegian Nynorsk (5)

Old English (5)

French (4)

Spanish (4)

Korean (3)

Japanese (3)

Tok Pisin (3)

Old French (3)

Proto-West Germanic (3)

Sranan Tongo (2)

Yiddish (2)

Serbo-Croatian (2)

Vietnamese (2)

American English (2)

Middle Dutch (1)

Italian (1)

Tagalog (1)

Catalan (1)

Galician (1)

Afrikaans (1)

Turkish (1)

Armenian (1)

Hawaiian (1)

Estonian (1)

Hausa (1)

Swedish (1)

Thai (1)

Finnish (1)

German (1)

Pijin (1)

Swahili (1)

Proto-Germanic (1)

Frankish (1)