Where does “bouais'sie” come from?

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

bouais'sie (Norman): copse

Definitions

  1. copse

Ancestry of “bouais'sie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Normanbouaiswood; tree
2Old Frenchboiswoodland; woods
3Frankishbuskbush; bush, thicket
4Proto-Germanicbuskazbush; thicket
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰuH-to become, grow, appear
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰuH- →Every word from Proto-Germanic buskaz →Every word from Frankish busk →