Where does “bosk” come from?

bosk (English) comes from Middle English bosk, from Middle English bush, from Old English busċ, from Latin bosca, from Late Latin busca, from Proto-West Germanic busk, from Proto-Germanic buskaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰuH- — to become, grow, appear.

bosk (English): A bush; A thicket; a small wood

Definitions

  1. A bush; A thicket; a small wood

Ancestry of “bosk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishbosk
2Middle Englishbushgrove, wood; thicket, underbrush; bush; branch of...
3Old Englishbusċ
4Latinboscafirewood
5Late Latinbusca
6Proto-West Germanicbuskbush, thicket
7Proto-Germanicbuskazbush; thicket
8Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰuH-to become, grow, appear

Words derived from “bosk

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰuH-
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