Where does “aboiar” come from?
aboiar (Galician) comes from Galician boia, from Old French buie, from Latin boia, from Ancient Greek βοείη, from Ancient Greek βοῦς, from Latin corvus, from Proto-Italic korwos, from Proto-Indo-European ḱorh₂wós — army.
aboiar (Galician): to float
Definitions
- to float
Ancestry of “aboiar”, step by step
aboiar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Galician boia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galician | boia | buoy, floater |
| 2 | Old French | buie | fetter, chain |
| 3 | Latin | boia | fetter, collar for the neck |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | βοείη | ox hide |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | βοῦς | cow, ox, cattle; shield: ὃτι ἐκ βοείων ἐστι... |
| 6 | Latin | corvus | A raven; a bird associated with prophecy and... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | korwos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱorh₂wós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |