Where does “boueil” come from?

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

boueil (Gallo): wood

Definitions

  1. wood

Ancestry of “boueil”, 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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