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Where does “boȝ” come from?

boȝ (Middle English) comes from Old English bōh, from Proto-Germanic bōguz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰāǵʰus — arm.

Ancestry of “boȝ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishbōh—
2Proto-Germanicbōguzupper arm, shoulder
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰāǵʰusarm

Words derived from “boȝ”

  • bough
  • boughed
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