Where does “boyn” come from?

boyn (Manx) comes from Middle Irish bonn, from Celtic *bundos, from Proto-Indo-European bʰudʰmḗn, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- — smoke; mist, haze.

boyn (Manx): heel

Definitions

  1. heel

Ancestry of “boyn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Irishbonnsole of foot; sole of the foot
2Celtic*bundos—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰudʰmḗnbottom
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewbʰ-deep
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze

Words derived from “boyn”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰudʰmḗn →