Where does “bogs” come from?

bogs (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.

bogs (English): plural of bog; Third-person singular simple...

Definitions

  1. plural of bog; Third-person singular simple...

Ancestry of “bogs”, step by step

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
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