Where does “búi” come from?
búi (Old Norse) comes from Tagalog buo, from French bouée, from Middle Dutch boeye, from Old French boie, from Latin boia, from Ancient Greek βοείη, from Ancient Greek βοῦς, from Latin corvus — army.
búi (Old Norse): dweller, inhabitant; neighbour; a neighbour...
Definitions
- dweller, inhabitant; neighbour; a neighbour...
Ancestry of “búi”, step by step
búi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Tagalog buo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | buo | whole; entire; complete, absolute, perfect;... |
| 2 | French | bouée | buoy (nautical: a moored float) |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | boeye | life buoy; float, buoy; shackle, fetter |
| 4 | Old French | boie | bond, chain; fetter, chain, clog |
| 5 | Latin | boia | fetter, collar for the neck |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | βοείη | ox hide |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | βοῦς | cow, ox, cattle; shield: ὃτι ἐκ βοείων ἐστι... |
| 8 | Latin | corvus | A raven; a bird associated with prophecy and... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | korwos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱorh₂wós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |