Etymology Explorer › Old Swedish

Where does “bove” come from?

bove (Old Swedish) comes from Middle Low German bove, from Proto-Germanic bō-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰā- — to say.

Ancestry of “bove”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanbove—
2Proto-Germanicbō-A stem meaning "father, brother, close male...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰā-to say
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰā- →