Where does “bukshout” come from?
bukshout (Dutch) comes from Dutch hout, from Middle Dutch hout, from Old Dutch holt, from Proto-West Germanic holt, from Proto-Germanic hultą, from Proto-Indo-European kald-, from Proto-Indo-European kola-.
bukshout (Dutch): boxwood
Definitions
- boxwood
Ancestry of “bukshout”, step by step
bukshout traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch hout
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | hout | wood; particular kind of wood; piece of wood,... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | hout | wood; piece of wood; branch, stick, beam; tree |
| 3 | Old Dutch | holt | wood; tree; a wood, a forest |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | holt | woods, forest; wood |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hultą | wood |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kald- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kola- | — |
via Dutch buks
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | buks | shotgun; box |
| 2 | German | Buchs | boxwood; genitive singular of Buch |
| 3 | Old Saxon | buhs | — |
| 4 | Latin | buxus | the evergreen box tree; a thing made of boxwood |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πύξος | box tree; boxwood |
via Dutch wood
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | wood | — |