Where does “Åbo” come from?
Åbo (English) comes from Swedish Åbo, from Swedish Bo, from Old Norse búi, from Tagalog buo, from French bouée, from Middle Dutch boeye, from Old French boie, from Latin boia — to turn, to bend.
Ancestry of “Åbo”, step by step
Åbo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish Åbo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | Åbo | Turku |
| 2 | Swedish | Bo | to live, to dwell, to reside |
| 3 | Old Norse | búi | dweller, inhabitant; neighbour; a neighbour... |
| 4 | Tagalog | buo | whole; entire; complete, absolute, perfect;... |
| 5 | French | bouée | buoy (nautical: a moored float) |
| 6 | Middle Dutch | boeye | life buoy; float, buoy; shackle, fetter |
| 7 | Old French | boie | bond, chain; fetter, chain, clog |
| 8 | Latin | boia | fetter, collar for the neck |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | βοείη | ox hide |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | βοῦς | cow, ox, cattle; shield: ὃτι ἐκ βοείων ἐστι... |
| 11 | Latin | corvus | A raven; a bird associated with prophecy and... |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | korwos | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱorh₂wós | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
via English Aborigine
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Aborigine | An Aboriginal person from Australia (descending from, or a member of, one of the indigenous people(s) before British colonisation), Aboriginal Australian |
| 2 | English | Aborigines | plural of Aborigine |
| 3 | Latin | Aborīginēs | aborigines (original inhabitants) |
| 4 | Latin | orīgō | commencement act, event or process of coming into existence: beginning, origination |
| 5 | Latin | -igo | Enlargement of -ō; Suffixed to nouns and to... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | agō | drive; push, impel; do, act |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éǵeti | to be driving |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eǵ- | to drive |