Where does “bot” come from?

bot (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic budą, from Proto-Germanic beudaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰewdʰ- — to be awake, be aware.

Ancestry of “bot”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicbudąoffer; message
2Proto-Germanicbeudanąto offer, to bid
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰewdʰ-to be awake, be aware

Words derived from “bot”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰewdʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic beudaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic budą →