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Where does “bos” come from?

bos (Irish) comes from Old Irish bás, from Proto-Celtic bostā, from Proto-Indo-European gʷosto-.

bos (Irish): palm of the hand; the flattened, curved end of a...

Definitions

  1. palm of the hand; the flattened, curved end of a...

Ancestry of “bos”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishbásverbal noun of baïd : death
2Proto-Celticbostāpalm, fist
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʷosto-—

Words derived from “bos”

  • bas
  • bois
  • basa
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