Where does “Bøje” come from?
Bøje (Danish) comes from Middle Low German boie, from Middle Dutch boeye, from Old French boie, from Latin boia, from Ancient Greek βοείη, from Ancient Greek βοῦς, from Latin corvus, from Proto-Italic korwos — army.
Bøje (Danish): buoy
Definitions
- buoy
Ancestry of “Bøje”, step by step
Bøje traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle Low German boie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | boie | — |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | boeye | life buoy; float, buoy; shackle, fetter |
| 3 | Old French | boie | bond, chain; fetter, chain, clog |
| 4 | Latin | boia | fetter, collar for the neck |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | βοείη | ox hide |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | βοῦς | cow, ox, cattle; shield: ὃτι ἐκ βοείων ἐστι... |
| 7 | Latin | corvus | A raven; a bird associated with prophecy and... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | korwos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱorh₂wós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
via Old Norse beygja
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | beygja | to bend, bow |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | baugijaną | to bend, bow |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 6 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Old Frisian Bōjo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Frisian | Bōjo | — |