Where does “boja” come from?

boja (Slovene) comes from Ottoman Turkish بویا, from Old Anatolian Turkish boyaɣ, from Old Anatolian Turkish boδaɣ, from Proto-Turkic bodog, from Hungarian boldog — happy; blessed, beatified.

boja (Slovene): buoy; color

Definitions

  1. buoy; color

Ancestry of “boja”, step by step

boja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish بویا

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishبویاcolor; dye; paint
2Old Anatolian Turkishboyaɣdye
3Old Anatolian Turkishboδaɣ—
4Proto-Turkicbodogpaint, dye
5Hungarianboldoghappy; blessed, beatified

via German Boje

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBojebuoy
2Dutchboye—
Every word from Hungarian boldog →Every word from Proto-Turkic bodog →Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish boδaɣ →