Where does “buis” come from?

buis (French) comes from Old French bois, from Frankish busk, from Proto-Germanic buskaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰuH- — to become, grow, appear.

buis (French): box; boxwood

Definitions

  1. box; boxwood

Ancestry of “buis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchboiswoodland; woods
2Frankishbuskbush; bush, thicket
3Proto-Germanicbuskazbush; thicket
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰuH-to become, grow, appear
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰuH- →Every word from Proto-Germanic buskaz →Every word from Frankish busk →
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