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

boȝ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English bōh

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

via Old English bōg

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishbōgarm; shoulder; bough
2Old Polishbóggod; God
3Proto-Slavicbȍgъshare, cut, wealth, luck
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰāǵʰus →Every word from Proto-Germanic bōguz →Every word from Old English bōh →