bight

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*bʰewgʰ-“to bend”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*beuganą“to bend, bow”
3. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*buhtiz“bend, curve”
4. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*buhti
5. Old English · inherited frombyht“bend, angle, corner; bay, bight”
6. Middle English · inherited frombight
7. English todaybight

From Middle English bight, biȝt, byȝt (also bought, bowght, bouȝt; see bought), from Old English byht (“bend, angle, corner; bay, bight”), from Proto-West Germanic *buhti, from Proto-Germanic *buhtiz (“bend, curve”), from Proto-Germanic *beuganą (“to bend, bow”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewgʰ- (“to bend”). Cognates Cognate with North Frisian boch, bocht, bucht (“bay, bight, gulf”), Saterland Frisian Bucht (“bay, bight, gulf”), West Frisian bocht (“bay, bight, gulf”), Dutch bocht (“bay, bight”), German Bucht (“bay, bight, gulf”), Icelandic bót (“bight, cove, small bay”); also Albanian butë (“soft, flabby”), Ukrainian бга́ти (bháty, “to crumple, twist”), Sanskrit भुज् (bhuj, “to bend, curve; to sweep”).

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