Where does “بوت” come from?
بوت (Ottoman Turkish) comes from French botte, from Italian botta, from Italian bottare, from French bouter, from Middle French bouter, from Old French bouter, from Frankish bautan, from Proto-West Germanic bautan — to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...
بوت (Ottoman Turkish): thigh, the part of the leg between the hip and the knee
Definitions
- thigh, the part of the leg between the hip and the knee
Ancestry of “بوت”, step by step
بوت traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via French botte
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | botte | boot; something resembling a boot; oppression |
| 2 | Italian | botta | blow, hit, shock, knock, attack |
| 3 | Italian | bottare | — |
| 4 | French | bouter | to push; to remove flesh from the skin of an... |
| 5 | Middle French | bouter | to pull |
| 6 | Old French | bouter | to strike; to hit; to place; to put; to enter |
| 7 | Frankish | bautan | to push, strike, beat; to hit, strike; to hit,... |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | bautan | to beat |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | bautaną | to beat, push |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰewd- | to hit, strike; to beat, push; to strike, push,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰew- | to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to... |
via English boat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | boat | A craft used for transportation of goods,... |
| 2 | Middle English | bot | A seafaring vessel or watercraft; a device for... |
| 3 | Old English | bāt | that which can be bitten, food, bait; boat, ship,... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | bait | boat, ship |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | baitaz | boat, ship |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeyd- | to split |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰey- | bee |
via Proto-Turkic būt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Turkic | būt | thigh; leg; leg, foot |