Where does “livbøye” come from?
livbøye (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from English lifebuoy, from English life buoy, from English buoy, from Middle English boy, from Middle Dutch boeye, from Old French boie, from Latin boia, from Ancient Greek βοείη — army.
livbøye (Norwegian Bokmål): a lifebuoy
Definitions
- a lifebuoy
Ancestry of “livbøye”, step by step
livbøye traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English lifebuoy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | lifebuoy | Alternative spelling of life buoy |
| 2 | English | life buoy | A buoyant object that is used as a life-saving... |
| 3 | English | buoy | A float moored in water to mark a location, warn... |
| 4 | Middle English | boy | — |
| 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 Norwegian Bokmål bøye
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | bøye | a buoy; a gust of wind; a shower |
| 2 | Old Norse | beygja | to bend, bow |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | baugijaną | to bend, bow |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 7 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |