Where does “bog” come from?

Bog comes from Middle English bog, of unknown ultimate origin and meaning.

bog (English): An area of decayed vegetation which forms a wet...

Definitions

  1. An area of decayed vegetation which forms a wet...

Ancestry of “bog”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishbog
2Scottish Gaelicbogachsoft, boggy ground
3Old Irishbogsoft
4Proto-Celticbuggossoft, tender
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰewgʰ-to bend; curve, arch

Words derived from “bog

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰewgʰ-
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