Where does “bōg” come from?

bōg (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic bōguz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰāǵʰus — arm.

bōg (Old English): arm; shoulder; bough

Definitions

  1. arm; shoulder; bough

Ancestry of “bōg”, step by step

bōg traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic bōguz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicbōguzupper arm, shoulder
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰāǵʰusarm

via Old Polish bóg

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Polishbóggod; God
2Proto-Slavicbȍgъshare, cut, wealth, luck

Words derived from “bōg”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰāǵʰus →Every word from Proto-Germanic bōguz →