boegspriet
Dutch (Brabantic)
/ˈbux.sprit/
noun
Definitions
- bowsprit (ship)
Etymology
Compound from Dutch, Flemish boeg (bow, chest of a horse, ship bow, shoulders) + Dutch, Flemish spriet (sprit, a sprout).
Origin
Dutch (Brabantic)
spriet
Gloss
sprit, a sprout
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- boeg Dutch, Flemish
- boegbeeld Dutch, Flemish
- grasspriet Dutch, Flemish
- spriet Dutch, Flemish
- voelspriet Dutch, Flemish
- ziekenboeg Dutch, Flemish
- zwijnsspriet Dutch, Flemish
- бушприт Russian
- *bōguz Proto-Germanic
- boech Middle Dutch
- spriet Middle Dutch