Where does “bosun” come from?

bosun (Northern Sami) comes from Northern Sami bossut, from Catalan -ut, from Latin -utus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

bosun (Northern Sami): first-person singular present indicative of...

Definitions

  1. first-person singular present indicative of...

Ancestry of “bosun”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Northern Samibossutto blow, to be windy
2Catalan-utForms adjectives from nouns that indicate an...
3Latin-utus—
4Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
5Proto-Italic-tus—
6Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Catalan -ut →