Where does “Bø” come from?
Bø (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Danish Bo, from Old Norse búi, from Tagalog buo, from French bouée, from Middle Dutch boeye, from Old French boie, from Latin boia, from Ancient Greek βοείη — army.
Bø (Norwegian Bokmål): merged in 2020 with Sauherad under the name of Midt-Telemark (kommune)
Definitions
- merged in 2020 with Sauherad under the name of Midt-Telemark (kommune)
Ancestry of “Bø”, step by step
Bø traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish Bo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | Bo | estate the property of a deceased person |
| 2 | Old Norse | búi | dweller, inhabitant; neighbour; a neighbour... |
| 3 | Tagalog | buo | whole; entire; complete, absolute, perfect;... |
| 4 | French | bouée | buoy (nautical: a moored float) |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | boeye | life buoy; float, buoy; shackle, fetter |
| 6 | Old French | boie | bond, chain; fetter, chain, clog |
| 7 | Latin | boia | fetter, collar for the neck |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | βοείη | ox hide |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | βοῦς | cow, ox, cattle; shield: ὃτι ἐκ βοείων ἐστι... |
| 10 | Latin | corvus | A raven; a bird associated with prophecy and... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | korwos | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱorh₂wós | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
via Middle Low German behof
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | behof | — |
| 2 | Old Saxon | *bihōf | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *bihōf | necessity, need |
via Old Norse bœr
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | bœr | farmhouse, farmstead; farm, landed estate; town |