bough
English
/baʊ/
noun
Definitions
- A firm branch of a tree.
- (obsolete) The gallows.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English bough inherited from Old English bōh inherited from Proto-Germanic *bōguz (shoulder, arm, upper arm) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵʰús (forearm, arm, elbow).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰeh₂ǵʰús
Gloss
forearm, arm, elbow
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
肘
Emoji
🫂
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- boughed English
- Bug German
- Buganker German
- boeg Dutch, Flemish
- πῆχυς Ancient Greek
- *bʰeh₂ǵʰus Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰeh₂ǵʰús Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰāǵʰus Proto-Indo-European
- *bōguz Proto-Germanic
- bog Old English
- bōh Old English
- बाहु Sanskrit
- bough Middle English
- bógr Old Norse
- bov Danish
- bovbølge Danish
- बाज़ू Hindi
- بازو Persian
- buog Old High German
- բազուկ Old Armenian
- երկայնաբազուկ Old Armenian
- baju Malay
- buoc Middle High German
- *buog Old Dutch
- বাহু Assamese
- bôch Middle Low German
- bāhu Pali
- *bʰaHȷ́ʰúš Proto-Indo-Iranian
- beuch Scots
- *baHźʰúṣ Proto-Indo-Aryan
- 𑀩𑀸𑀳𑀸 Sauraseni Prakrit
- *baHjúš Proto-Iranian
- ਬਾਂਹ Panjabi, Punjabi
- բազուկ Middle Armenian
- 𐎲𐎠𐏀𐎢 Old Persian
- *pā́kʰus Proto-Hellenic
- بازو Pashto, Pushto
- bahu ms-cla
- bahu Central Malay