Where does “bouais” come from?

bouais (Norman) comes from Old French bois, from Frankish busk, from Proto-Germanic buskaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰuH- — to become, grow, appear.

bouais (Norman): wood; tree

Definitions

  1. wood; tree

Ancestry of “bouais”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchboiswoodland; woods
2Frankishbuskbush; bush, thicket
3Proto-Germanicbuskazbush; thicket
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰuH-to become, grow, appear

Words derived from “bouais”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰuH- →Every word from Proto-Germanic buskaz →Every word from Frankish busk →