Where does “boef” come from?

boef (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch buovo, from Proto-Germanic bōbô, from Proto-Germanic bō-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰā- — to say.

Ancestry of “boef”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchbuovo—
2Proto-Germanicbōbô—
3Proto-Germanicbō-A stem meaning "father, brother, close male...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰā-to say

Words derived from “boef”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰā- →