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Where does “buog” come from?

buog (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic *bōgu, from Proto-Germanic bōguz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰāǵʰus — arm.

Ancestry of “buog”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*bōgu—
2Proto-Germanicbōguzupper arm, shoulder
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰāǵʰusarm

Words derived from “buog”

  • bauprés
  • bompresso
  • бушприт
  • beaupré
  • boeg
  • boegspriet
  • bowgh
  • boech
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