Where does “nábúi” come from?
nábúi (Old Norse) comes from Old Norse búi, 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 — army.
nábúi (Old Norse): neighbour
Definitions
- neighbour
Ancestry of “nábúi”, step by step
nábúi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old Norse búi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | búi | dweller, inhabitant; neighbour; a neighbour... |
| 2 | Tagalog | buo | whole; entire; complete, absolute, perfect;... |
| 3 | French | bouée | buoy (nautical: a moored float) |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | boeye | life buoy; float, buoy; shackle, fetter |
| 5 | Old French | boie | bond, chain; fetter, chain, clog |
| 6 | Latin | boia | fetter, collar for the neck |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | βοείη | ox hide |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | βοῦς | cow, ox, cattle; shield: ὃτι ἐκ βοείων ἐστι... |
| 9 | Latin | corvus | A raven; a bird associated with prophecy and... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | korwos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱorh₂wós | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
via Proto-Germanic nēhwagabūrô
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Germanic | nēhwagabūrô | neighbour |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | gabūrô | dweller |