Where does “boech” come from?

boech (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch buog, from Proto-West Germanic *bōgu, from Proto-Germanic bōguz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰāǵʰus — arm.

boech (Middle Dutch): forearm; front shank

Definitions

  1. forearm; front shank

Ancestry of “boech”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchbuog—
2Proto-West Germanic*bōgu—
3Proto-Germanicbōguzupper arm, shoulder
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰāǵʰusarm

Words derived from “boech”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰāǵʰus →Every word from Proto-Germanic bōguz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *bōgu →