Where does “Boakj” come from?
Boakj (Plautdietsch) comes from Middle Low German barke, from Dutch barke, from Middle French barque, from Occitan barca, from Old Occitan barca, from Late Latin barca, from Vulgar Latin *barica, from Classical Latin bāris — a type of ship used for traveling or transporting...
Boakj (Plautdietsch): birch (tree)
Definitions
- birch (tree)
Ancestry of “Boakj”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | barke | shallow wide boat, usually flat-bottomed |
| 2 | Dutch | barke | — |
| 3 | Middle French | barque | small ship |
| 4 | Occitan | barca | dinghy, boat |
| 5 | Old Occitan | barca | — |
| 6 | Late Latin | barca | small watercraft; small watercraft, barge, bark |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | *barica | — |
| 8 | Classical Latin | bāris | — |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | βᾶρις | flat-bottomed boat, used in Egypt; farmhouse,... |
| 10 | Coptic | ⲃⲁⲁⲣⲉ | boat, barge |
| 11 | Demotic | br | — |
| 12 | Egyptian | bꜣjr | a type of ship used for traveling or transporting... |