Where does “bouchon” come from?

bouchon (Champenois) comes from Old French buison, from Old French bois, from Frankish busk, from Proto-Germanic buskaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰuH- — to become, grow, appear.

bouchon (Champenois): bush

Definitions

  1. bush

Ancestry of “bouchon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchbuisonbush
2Old Frenchboiswoodland; woods
3Frankishbuskbush; bush, thicket
4Proto-Germanicbuskazbush; thicket
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰuH-to become, grow, appear
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰuH- →Every word from Proto-Germanic buskaz →Every word from Frankish busk →