Where does “Bodie” come from?

Bodie is an English place name of uncertain origin, possibly derived from Old English bodiġ or related forms, though its etymological connection to Proto-Indo-European roots remains unestablished.

Bodie (English): A placename

Definitions

  1. A placename

Ancestry of “Bodie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishBodyCorpus Christi College, Cambridge
2Middle Englishbodemessenger
3Old Englishbodamessenger, envoy, herald, apostle, angel; prophet
4Proto-Germanicbudômessenger
5Proto-Germanicbeudanąto offer, to bid
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰewdʰ-to be awake, be aware
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰewdʰ- →
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