bowsome
Scots
/ˈbɔusʌm/
adj
Definitions
- (archaic) Characterised or marked by bowing or obedience; (by extension) compliant; willing.
Etymology
Derived from bowsum (compliant, obedient) inherited from Middle English buȝsom, buhsum (flexible, obedient) derived from Proto-Germanic *beuganą derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰūgʰ- (bend) affix from Scots bow.
Origin
Scots
bow
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bow English
- buxom English
- buxomly English
- buxomness English
- *bʰeugʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰewgʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰūgʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *beuganą Proto-Germanic
- *bugjaną Proto-Germanic
- *buhtiz Proto-Germanic
- *būhsum Old English
- *ǵebūhsum Old English
- abugan Old English
- bebugan Old English
- bugan Old English
- būgan Old English
- būgan, bugan Old English
- forbugan Old English
- frambugan Old English
- gebugan Old English
- oferbugan Old English
- onbugan Old English
- underbugan Old English
- bowen Middle English
- buhsum Middle English
- buxum Middle English
- buȝsom Middle English
- biogan Old High German
- 𐌱𐌹𐌿𐌲𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- bugan Old Saxon
- bightsome Scots
- bow Scots
- bowsum sco-osc