Where does “bos” come from?

bos (Cornish) comes from English Bush, from Middle English bush, from Old English busċ, from Latin bosca, from Late Latin busca, from Proto-West Germanic busk, from Proto-Germanic buskaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰuH- — to become, grow, appear.

bos (Cornish): to be

Definitions

  1. to be

Ancestry of “bos”, step by step

bos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Bush

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishBushA place name
2Middle Englishbushgrove, wood; thicket, underbrush; bush; branch of...
3Old Englishbusċ
4Latinboscafirewood
5Late Latinbusca
6Proto-West Germanicbuskbush, thicket
7Proto-Germanicbuskazbush; thicket
8Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰuH-to become, grow, appear

via Proto-Brythonic boð

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Brythonicboð
2Proto-Celticbodosgood will
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰed-to improve, make better

Words derived from “bos

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰuH-