Where does “Boz” come from?
Boz (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish boz, from Ottoman Turkish بوز, from Turkish büz, from French buse, from Old French buison, from Old French bois, from Frankish busk, from Proto-Germanic buskaz — to become, grow, appear.
Ancestry of “Boz”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | boz | — |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | بوز | ice; gray; Alternative form of بز |
| 3 | Turkish | büz | a large-sized water pipe generally made of... |
| 4 | French | buse | hawk or buzzard; idiot, fool; fail |
| 5 | Old French | buison | bush |
| 6 | Old French | bois | woodland; woods |
| 7 | Frankish | busk | bush; bush, thicket |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | buskaz | bush; thicket |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰuH- | to become, grow, appear |