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English word bow comes from Proto-Indo-European *bʰāǵʰus, Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵʰus (Arm.), Proto-Indo-European *bʰug-
*bʰāǵʰus (Proto-Indo-European)
arm
*bʰeh₂ǵʰus (Proto-Indo-European)
Arm.
*bʰug- (Proto-Indo-European)
ram
*beuganą (Proto-Germanic)
To bend, bow.
*bʰugʰ- (Proto-Indo-European)
*bōguz (Proto-Germanic)
Upper arm, shoulder.
bōh (Old English)
*bugô (Proto-Germanic)
A bow.
boga (Old English)
Something bent or curved, especially a bow.
boȝ (Middle English)
bow (English)
(nautical) A crude sort of quadrant formerly used for taking the sun's altitude at sea.. (saddlery) Two pieces of wood which form the arched forward part of a saddletree.. A curved bend in a rod or planar surface, or in a linear formation such as a river (see oxbow).. A rod with horsehair (or an artificial substitute) stretched between the ends, used for playing various stringed musical [...]