Where does “boep” come from?
boep (English) comes from Afrikaans boep, from Afrikaans boepens, from Dutch boekpens, from Dutch boek, from Middle Dutch boec, from Old Dutch buok, from Proto-West Germanic bōk, from Proto-Germanic bōks — beech.
boep (English): beer belly
Definitions
- beer belly
Ancestry of “boep”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afrikaans | boep | potbelly, beer belly |
| 2 | Afrikaans | boepens | potbelly, beer belly |
| 3 | Dutch | boekpens | omasum |
| 4 | Dutch | boek | book; omasum |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | boec | book; book, tome, volume |
| 6 | Old Dutch | buok | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | bōk | inscribed billet, letter; book |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | bōks | letter, written message, inscriptions carved into... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂ǵos | beech |