Where does “bogach” come from?

bogach (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Old Irish bog, from Proto-Celtic buggos, from Proto-Indo-European bʰewgʰ- — to bend; curve, arch.

bogach (Scottish Gaelic): soft, boggy ground

Definitions

  1. soft, boggy ground

Ancestry of “bogach”, step by step

bogach traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Irish bog

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishbogsoft
2Proto-Celticbuggossoft, tender
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰewgʰ-to bend; curve, arch

via Old Irish bocach

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishbocachboggy, marshy; bog, moor, marsh

Words derived from “bogach”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰewgʰ- →Every word from Proto-Celtic buggos →Every word from Old Irish bog →