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