bos

Irish (Donegal)

noun

Definitions

(anatomy) palm of the hand
(hurling) the flattened, curved end of a hurley

Etymology

Inherited from Old Irish bas inherited from Proto-Celtic *bostā (palm, fist, palm of the hand) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *gʷosto-.

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*gʷosto-

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Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

*gwost- Proto-Indo-European
*gʷost-, *gʷosdʰ- Proto-Indo-European
*gʷosto- Proto-Indo-European
bucio Galician
bas Old Irish
*bostā Proto-Celtic
boz Breton
*bos Proto-Brythonic
*bostyā Gaulish
*bostyā‎ Gaulish