Where does “bowsum” come from?

bowsum (Early Scots) comes from English buȝsom, from Middle English buhsum, from Proto-Germanic beuganą, from Proto-Indo-European bʰūgʰ- — to bend.

bowsum (Early Scots): obedient, compliant

Definitions

  1. obedient, compliant

Ancestry of “bowsum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishbuȝsom—
2Middle Englishbuhsumobedient, flexible; flexible, bendsome
3Proto-Germanicbeuganąto bend, bow
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰūgʰ-to bend

Words derived from “bowsum”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰūgʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic beuganą →Every word from Middle English buhsum →
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