Where does “bh” come from?
bh (Dutch) comes from Dutch bustehouder, from German Büstenhalter, from German Büste, from French buste, from Italian busto, from Latin bustum, from Latin urere, from Latin uro — to burn.
bh (Dutch): a bra
Ancestry of “bh”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Dutch | bustehouder | a bra |
| 2 | German | Büstenhalter | brassiere |
| 3 | German | Büste | bust; dummy |
| 4 | French | buste | bust, torso; bust |
| 5 | Italian | busto | tomb, grave; cadaver, corpse; bust |
| 6 | Latin | bustum | A burial mound, tomb; A place for burning funeral... |
| 7 | Latin | urere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | uro | I burn, consume, inflame; to rage, to ravage |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | ouzō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ews- | to burn |