Where does “*bucht” come from?

*bucht (Old Frisian) comes from Proto-West Germanic *buhti, from Proto-Germanic buhtiz, from Proto-Germanic beuganą, from Proto-Indo-European bʰūgʰ- — to bend.

Ancestry of “*bucht”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*buhti—
2Proto-Germanicbuhtizbend, curve, arch, angle; corner; a bend in a...
3Proto-Germanicbeuganąto bend, bow
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰūgʰ-to bend

Words derived from “*bucht”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰūgʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic beuganą →Every word from Proto-Germanic buhtiz →