Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bō-
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Proto-Germanic
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *bʰā-, *bʰāt- (“father, (elder) brother”). Cognate with Lithuanian batis (“father, dad, friend”), Proto-Slavic *batę (“older male relative or brother, dad”) (whence Russian ба́тя (bátja, “dad”)).
Noun
[edit]*bō-, *bōbō-, *bōl-, *bōj- m
Derived terms
[edit]- *babô (reduplicated)
- *bōbô (reduplicated)
- Proto-West Germanic: *bōbō
- Old English: *bōba, *bōfa (attested as Bōba, Bōfa (male given names))
- Old Frisian: *bōba, *bōfa, *bōva
- Saterland Frisian: Boube
- West Frisian: boef
- ⇒ Old Frisian: bōfhaft (“villainous”)
- ⇒ Old Frisian: bōfhaftich, bōfheftich, bōfachtich (“villainous, base, mean”)
- Old Frisian: bōverīe (“rascality”)
- Old Saxon: *bōvo (attested as Bōvo (male given name))
- Frankish: *buobo; *Buobo (male forename)
- Old High German: *buobo (attested as Bubō (male given name))
- Old Norse: bófi
- Icelandic: bófi
- Proto-West Germanic: *bōbō
- *bōlô (diminutive)
- *bōjô (diminutive)
- Unsorted:
- Old Frisian: bobba
- Old Dutch: *babbo
- >? Old High German: *buo
- Old Norse: *bóa
- Norwegian: boa (dialectal)
- Old Norse: *babbi
- >? Proto-Germanic: *baswô
- Proto-West Germanic: *baswō
- Old Frisian: *basa; bas (possibly borrowed from Middle Low German)
- Old Saxon: *baso
- Old Dutch: *baso
- Middle Dutch: baes
- Dutch: baas
- Afrikaans: baas
- → English: baas
- Negerhollands: baas, baes
- → Lokono: basia
- → Aukan: basi
- → Belizean Creole: baas
- → Caribbean Hindustani: bás
- → Caribbean Javanese: bas
- → English: boss
- → Guyanese Creole English: baas
- → Indonesian: bas (“boss”)
- → Petjo: bas
- → Jamaican Creole: baas
- → Kwinti: basia
- → Papiamentu: bas, baas, ba
- → Saramaccan: bási
- → Sranan Tongo: basi
- → West Frisian: baas
- Afrikaans: baas
- West Flemish: baos
- → French: bausse
- Dutch: baas
- Middle Dutch: baes
- Proto-West Germanic: *baswō