Where does “baug” come from?

baug (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse baugr, from Proto-Germanic baugaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰewgʰ- — to bend; curve, arch.

baug (Norwegian Bokmål): bow

Definitions

  1. bow

Ancestry of “baug”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsebaugrring
2Proto-Germanicbaugaza bend; bow
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰewgʰ-to bend; curve, arch
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰewgʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic baugaz →Every word from Old Norse baugr →
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