Where does “bove” come from?

bove (Middle Low German) comes from Proto-Germanic bō-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰā- — to say.

Ancestry of “bove”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicbō-A stem meaning "father, brother, close male...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰā-to say

Words derived from “bove”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰā- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bō- →
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