Where does “body” come from?

body (Scots) comes from Middle English body, from Old English bodiġ, from Proto-West Germanic bodag, from Proto-Turkic *boda-.

body (Scots): body; person, human being

Definitions

  1. body; person, human being

Ancestry of “body”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishbody—
2Old Englishbodiġstature
3Proto-West Germanicbodagbody, trunk, corpse
4Proto-Turkic*boda-—

Words derived from “body”

Every word from Proto-Turkic *boda- →Every word from Proto-West Germanic bodag →Every word from Old English bodiġ →