Where does “bwès” come from?

bwès (Walloon) comes from Old French bois, from Frankish busk, from Proto-Germanic buskaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰuH- — to become, grow, appear.

bwès (Walloon): forest

Definitions

  1. forest

Ancestry of “bwès”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchboiswoodland; woods
2Frankishbuskbush; bush, thicket
3Proto-Germanicbuskazbush; thicket
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰuH-to become, grow, appear
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰuH- →Every word from Proto-Germanic buskaz →Every word from Frankish busk →