Where does “jarðarbúi” come from?
jarðarbúi (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic Búi, from Old Norse búi, from Tagalog buo, from French bouée, from Middle Dutch boeye, from Old French boie, from Latin boia, from Ancient Greek βοείη — army.
jarðarbúi (Icelandic): Earthling
Definitions
- Earthling
Ancestry of “jarðarbúi”, step by step
jarðarbúi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Icelandic Búi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | Búi | — |
| 2 | Old Norse | búi | dweller, inhabitant; neighbour; a neighbour... |
| 3 | Tagalog | buo | whole; entire; complete, absolute, perfect;... |
| 4 | French | bouée | buoy (nautical: a moored float) |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | boeye | life buoy; float, buoy; shackle, fetter |
| 6 | Old French | boie | bond, chain; fetter, chain, clog |
| 7 | Latin | boia | fetter, collar for the neck |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | βοείη | ox hide |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | βοῦς | cow, ox, cattle; shield: ὃτι ἐκ βοείων ἐστι... |
| 10 | Latin | corvus | A raven; a bird associated with prophecy and... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | korwos | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱorh₂wós | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |