Where does “bouer” come from?
bouer (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch bouwer, from Dutch bouwen, from Middle Dutch bouwen, from Old Dutch buwan, from Proto-West Germanic *būan, from Proto-Germanic būaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰuH- — to become, grow, appear.
bouer (Afrikaans): builder; construction worker
Definitions
- builder; construction worker
Ancestry of “bouer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | bouwer | builder; Alternative form of boer |
| 2 | Dutch | bouwen | to build, to construct; to cultivate, to till |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | bouwen | to build, to found; to till, to work; to inhabit,... |
| 4 | Old Dutch | buwan | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *būan | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | būaną | to dwell, reside |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰuH- | to become, grow, appear |