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Where does “Boje” come from?

Boje (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.

Boje (Danish): buoy; to bend; to inflect

Definitions

  1. buoy; to bend; to inflect

Ancestry of “Boje”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanboie—
2Middle Dutchboeyelife buoy; float, buoy; shackle, fetter
3Old Frenchboiebond, chain; fetter, chain, clog
4Latinboiafetter, collar for the neck
5Ancient Greekβοείηox hide
6Ancient Greekβοῦςcow, ox, cattle; shield: ὃτι ἐκ βοείων ἐστι...
7LatincorvusA raven; a bird associated with prophecy and...
8Proto-Italickorwos—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanḱorh₂wós—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanḱer-to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,...
11Proto-Indo-Europeankr̥-to turn, to bend
12Proto-Indo-Europeanker-army

Words derived from “Boje”

  • gradbøje
  • bøjelig
  • ubøjelig
  • bøjning
  • faldbøje
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