boech
Middle Dutch
noun
Definitions
- forearm
- front shank (of an animal)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Dutch *buog inherited from Proto-Germanic *bōguz (shoulder, arm, upper arm) derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵʰus (arm).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰeh₂ǵʰus
Gloss
arm
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
腕
Emoji
🫂
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- boeg Dutch, Flemish
- boegbeeld Dutch, Flemish
- boegspriet Dutch, Flemish
- ziekenboeg Dutch, Flemish
- *bʰeh₂ǵʰus Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰeh₂ǵʰús Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰāǵʰus Proto-Indo-European
- *bōguz Proto-Germanic
- bog Old English
- bōh Old English
- bógr Old Norse
- buog Old High German
- *buog Old Dutch
- bôch Middle Low German
- *bʰaHȷ́ʰúš Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *pā́kʰus Proto-Hellenic