Etymology Explorer › Middle Low German

Where does “bocht” come from?

bocht (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon buht, from Proto-West Germanic *buhti, from Proto-Germanic buhtiz, from Proto-Germanic beuganą, from Proto-Indo-European bʰūgʰ- — to bend.

Ancestry of “bocht”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonbuht—
2Proto-West Germanic*buhti—
3Proto-Germanicbuhtizbend, curve, arch, angle; corner; a bend in a...
4Proto-Germanicbeuganąto bend, bow
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰūgʰ-to bend

Words derived from “bocht”

  • bugte
  • bugt
  • bugt
  • bugta
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