Where does “boggy” come from?

Boggy is an English adjective formed from bog with the Middle English suffix -y, derived from Middle French -ie, from Latin -ia, ultimately traceable to Proto-Indo-European -kos.

boggy (English): Having the qualities of a bog; i.e. dank,...

Definitions

  1. Having the qualities of a bog; i.e. dank,...

Ancestry of “boggy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-yAdded to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives...
2Middle English-yDesignates an adjective, in many cases formed by...
3Old English-iġ-y, -ic
4Proto-West Germanic-gForms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a...
5Proto-Germanic-gaz-y
6Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

Words derived from “boggy

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱosEvery word from English -yEvery word from Old English -iġ