bos
Afrikaans
/bɔs/
noun
Definitions
- wood, forest
- bush, shrub
- bunch, bundle, sheaf, bouquet
Etymology
Inherited from Dutch, Flemish bos (forest, woods, cluster, wood, bundle, bush, bunch) inherited from Middle Dutch bosch inherited from Old Dutch *busc inherited from *busk inherited from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (bush, thicket, woods, forest, heavy stick).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*buskaz
Gloss
bush, thicket, woods, forest, heavy stick
Concept
Semantic Field
Agriculture and vegetation
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
森
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bosberaad English
- bush English
- honey English
- honeybush English
- rooibos English
- *boscaticum Latin
- *buscus Latin
- boscus Latin
- busca Latin
- biesbos Dutch, Flemish
- bos Dutch, Flemish
- bosanemoon Dutch, Flemish
- bosbedrijf Dutch, Flemish
- bosbes Dutch, Flemish
- bosbewoner Dutch, Flemish
- bosbouw Dutch, Flemish
- bosbrand Dutch, Flemish
- boself Dutch, Flemish
- boshoen Dutch, Flemish
- boskoe Dutch, Flemish
- bosloos Dutch, Flemish
- bosmarmot Dutch, Flemish
- bosmeester Dutch, Flemish
- bosneger Dutch, Flemish
- bosnimf Dutch, Flemish
- bosrand Dutch, Flemish
- bosrijk Dutch, Flemish
- bosui Dutch, Flemish
- bosuil Dutch, Flemish
- boswachter Dutch, Flemish
- boswerker Dutch, Flemish
- bussel Dutch, Flemish
- geriefbos Dutch, Flemish
- klimaatbos Dutch, Flemish
- miltvuurbos Dutch, Flemish
- naaldbos Dutch, Flemish
- oerbos Dutch, Flemish
- ooibos Dutch, Flemish
- pestbos Dutch, Flemish
- rooi Dutch, Flemish
- rooibos Dutch, Flemish
- schaambos Dutch, Flemish
- vederbos Dutch, Flemish
- *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European
- *buskaz Proto-Germanic
- busc Old English
- busċ Old English
- buskr Old Norse
- buissun Old French
- bos Indonesian
- bosch Middle Dutch
- busch Middle Dutch
- busk Old High German
- bewaring Afrikaans
- bosbewaring Afrikaans
- bosvark Afrikaans
- heuning Afrikaans
- heuningbos Afrikaans
- rooi Afrikaans
- rooibos Afrikaans
- vark Afrikaans
- Bësch Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *busk gmw-pro
- *busc Old Dutch
- busk Old Saxon
- *bosc Frankish
- *bosk, *busk Frankish
- *busc Frankish
- *busk Frankish
- *buska Frankish
- bosk Old Frisian
- bòsch Venetian