Where does “bov” come from?

bov (Swedish) comes from Old Swedish bōve, from Middle Low German bove, from Proto-Germanic bō-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰā- — to say.

bov (Swedish): criminal, chiefly a thief or a robber

Definitions

  1. criminal, chiefly a thief or a robber

Ancestry of “bov”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Swedishbōve—
2Middle Low Germanbove—
3Proto-Germanicbō-A stem meaning "father, brother, close male...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰā-to say

Words derived from “bov”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰā- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bō- →Every word from Middle Low German bove →