Where does “bøf” come from?
bøf (Danish) comes from Danish bøfsteg, from English beefsteak, from English beef, from Middle English bef, from Old French buef, from Latin bōs, from Ancient Greek βοῦς, from Latin corvus — army.
bøf (Danish): beefsteak, steak; hamburger, patty; muscle
Definitions
- beefsteak, steak; hamburger, patty; muscle
Ancestry of “bøf”, step by step
bøf traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish bøfsteg
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | bøfsteg | — |
| 2 | English | beefsteak | steak cut from beef cattle; Ellipsis of beefsteak... |
| 3 | English | beef | The meat from a cow, bull, or other bovine; A... |
| 4 | Middle English | bef | beef; cow flesh or meat; A bovine or its carcass |
| 5 | Old French | buef | cow |
| 6 | Latin | bōs | head of cattle (cow, bull, steer, or ox) |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | βοῦς | cow, ox, cattle; shield: ὃτι ἐκ βοείων ἐστι... |
| 8 | Latin | corvus | A raven; a bird associated with prophecy and... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | korwos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱorh₂wós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |