bøje
Danish
/bɔjə/
noun
Definitions
- buoy
Etymology
Derived from Middle Low German boie derived from Middle Dutch boeye (buoy, life buoy, float, fetter, shackle) derived from Old French buie (fetter, chain) derived from Frankish *baukn.
Origin
Frankish
*baukn
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Beaconite English
- aerobeacon English
- beacon English
- beaconage English
- beaconless English
- beaconlike English
- boia Latin
- boei Dutch, Flemish
- bouée French
- boya Spanish, Castilian
- boia Portuguese
- *baukną Proto-Germanic
- beken Middle English
- boy Middle English
- bákn Old Norse
- bøjelig Danish
- bøjning Danish
- fald Danish
- faldbøje Danish
- grad Danish
- gradbøje Danish
- ubøjelig Danish
- boie Old French
- boue, buie Old French
- buie Old French
- boia Catalan, Valencian
- boia Galician
- baken Middle Dutch
- boeye Middle Dutch
- boue, boue(e) Middle French
- *baukn gmw-pro
- boie Middle Low German
- bâke Middle Low German
- bāke Middle Low German
- *baukn Frankish
- beaken Western Frisian
- bāken Old Frisian
- Boake Saterland Frisian