Where does “buga” come from?

buga (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse buga, from Proto-Germanic bukkōną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰūgʰ- — to bend.

buga (Icelandic): to overcome, to defeat

Definitions

  1. to overcome, to defeat

Ancestry of “buga”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsebuga—
2Proto-Germanicbukkōnąto bend
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰūgʰ-to bend
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰūgʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bukkōną →Every word from Old Norse buga →