Where does “bowstave” come from?

bowstave (English) comes from English bow, from Middle English bowe, from Old English boga, from Proto-West Germanic bogō, from Proto-Germanic bugô, from Proto-Indo-European bʰugʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰewgʰ- — to bend; curve, arch.

bowstave (English): The stave of a bow, to which the string is...

Definitions

  1. The stave of a bow, to which the string is...

Ancestry of “bowstave”, step by step

bowstave traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English bow

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbowA weapon made of a curved piece of wood or other...
2Middle Englishbowebow; bowman
3Old Englishbogabow; arch
4Proto-West Germanicbogōarch, bow; bow
5Proto-Germanicbugôbow
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰugʰ-bow; arch
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰewgʰ-to bend; curve, arch

via English stave

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishstaveOne of a number of narrow strips of wood, or...
2Polishstawpond; joint; genitive plural of stawa
3Old Polishstaw—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰewgʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰugʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bugô →