Where does “bowtu” come from?

bowtu (Sranan Tongo) comes from Dutch bout, from Middle Dutch bout, from Old Dutch bolt, from Proto-Germanic bultaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeld- — to knock, strike.

bowtu (Sranan Tongo): bolt

Definitions

  1. bolt

Ancestry of “bowtu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchboutbolt; haunch, leg of an animal as food; fart
2Middle Dutchbout—
3Old Dutchbolt—
4Proto-Germanicbultazbolt
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeld-to knock, strike
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeld- →