Where does “bugt” come from?

bugt (Icelandic) comes from Danish bugt, from Middle Low German bocht, from Old Saxon buht, from Proto-West Germanic *buhti, from Proto-Germanic buhtiz, from Proto-Germanic beuganą, from Proto-Indo-European bʰūgʰ- — to bend.

bugt (Icelandic): bend, curve; bight; bowing

Definitions

  1. bend, curve; bight; bowing

Ancestry of “bugt”, step by step

bugt traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish bugt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishbugtbay, gulf; curve; imperative of bugte
2Middle Low Germanbocht
3Old Saxonbuht
4Proto-West Germanic*buhti
5Proto-Germanicbuhtizbend, curve, arch, angle; corner; a bend in a...
6Proto-Germanicbeuganąto bend, bow
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰūgʰ-to bend

via Icelandic bugta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicbugtato bow
2Proto-Austronesian*buʀtaq

via Middle Low German bucht

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanbucht
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰūgʰ-Every word from Proto-Germanic beuganąEvery word from Proto-Germanic buhtiz
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