Where does “boscu” come from?

boscu (Corsican) comes from Latin boscus, from Frankish busk, from Proto-Germanic buskaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰuH- — to become, grow, appear.

boscu (Corsican): forest, wood

Definitions

  1. forest, wood

Ancestry of “boscu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinboscuswood, woodland
2Frankishbuskbush; bush, thicket
3Proto-Germanicbuskazbush; thicket
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰuH-to become, grow, appear
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