*bōguz

Runic: ᛒᛟᚷᚢᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈbɔː.ɣuz/

noun · masculine · u-stem

Meanings

  1. upper arm
  2. shoulder

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂ǵʰ-u-s ~ *bʰh₂ǵʰ-éw-s (‘arm’). Cognates are Ancient Greek πῆχυς (pêkhus) (pêkhus, ‘forearm’), Sanskrit बाहु (bāhú) (bāhú, ‘arm, forearm’), and Tocharian A poke (‘arm’).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.bōguzbōgiwiz
Acc.bōgųbōgunz
Gen.bōgauzbōgiwǫ̂
Dat.bōgiwibōgumaz
Inst.bōgūbōgumiz
Voc.bōgubōgiwiz

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Descendants

  • *bōgu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *buog (Old Dutch)
      • boech (Middle Dutch)
        • boeg (Dutch)
          • boeg (Afrikaans)
  • *bōgu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • bōg, bōh (Old English)
      • boȝ, bogh (Middle English)
        • bough (English)
        • beuch (Scots)
  • *bōgu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • bōch (Old Frisian)
      • Bouch (Saterland Frisian)
      • boech (West Frisian)
  • *bōgu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • buog (Old High German)
      • buoc (Middle High German)
        • Bug (German)
        • Buch (Luxembourgish)
  • *bōgu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • bōg (Old Saxon)
      • bôg, bôch, bûch (Middle Low German)
        • bow (English)
        • Boog (Low German)
  • bógr (Old Norse)
    • bov (Danish)
    • bógvur (Faroese)
    • bógur (Icelandic)
    • bog (Norwegian)
  • bógr (Old Norse)
    • bōgher (Old Swedish)
      • bog (Swedish)

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