Where does “boksusi” come from?

boksusi (Cornish) comes from Cornish boks, from English box, from Middle English box, from Old English box, from Proto-West Germanic *buhsā — box, casket.

boksusi (Cornish): to box

Definitions

  1. to box

Ancestry of “boksusi”, step by step

boksusi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cornish boks

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishboksbox
2EnglishboxSenses relating to a three-dimensional object or...
3Middle EnglishboxA cylindrical jar; A case, container or strongbox
4Old Englishboxbox; box tree
5Proto-West Germanic*buhsābox, casket

via Cornish i

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishithey
2Englisheyesplural of eye; Third-person singular simple...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanéythe; demonstrative pronoun; this one, he
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁e-
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *buhsā
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