Where does “bō-” come from?

bō- (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European bʰā- — to say.

bō- (Proto-Germanic): A stem meaning "father, brother, close male...

Definitions

  1. A stem meaning "father, brother, close male...

Ancestry of “bō-”, step by step

bō- traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European bʰā-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰā-to say

via Proto-Indo-European bʰāt-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰāt-father, brother; father, elder brother, brother

Words derived from “bō-”

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