Where does “bog-myrtle” come from?

bog-myrtle (English) comes from English bog, from Middle English bog, from Scottish Gaelic bogach, from Old Irish bog, from Proto-Celtic buggos, from Proto-Indo-European bʰewgʰ- — to bend; curve, arch.

bog-myrtle (English): An herbal shrub with a sweet resinous smell that...

Definitions

  1. An herbal shrub with a sweet resinous smell that...

Ancestry of “bog-myrtle”, step by step

bog-myrtle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English bog

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbogAn area of decayed vegetation which forms a wet...
2Middle Englishbog—
3Scottish Gaelicbogachsoft, boggy ground
4Old Irishbogsoft
5Proto-Celticbuggossoft, tender
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰewgʰ-to bend; curve, arch

via English myrtle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmyrtleAn evergreen shrub or small tree of the genus...
2Old Frenchmyrte—
3Latinmyrtusmyrtle
4Ancient Greekμύρτοςmyrtle; twig or spray of myrtle
5Ancient Greekμυρίκηtamarisk
6Ancient Greek-ίκη—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰewgʰ- →Every word from Proto-Celtic buggos →Every word from Old Irish bog →