buoy

(Englisch)

Frequenz

C2
Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/ˈbɔɪ/
Etymologie (Englisch)

In summary

From Middle English boy, boye, from Middle Dutch boeye (“float, buoy”), from Old French boue (“piece of wood or cork that floats above an anchor to indicate where it is anchored”) (modern French bouée), ultimately from Frankish *baukn (“beacon”). Doublet of beacon. Same root as English bon in bonfire. Alternatively, and perhaps less likely (due to the unexplained shift in meaning), from Middle Dutch boeye (“shackle, fetter”), from Old French buie (“fetter, chain”), from Latin boia (“a (leather) collar, band, fetter”), from Ancient Greek βόεος (bóeos), βόειος (bóeios, “of ox-hide”), from βοῦς (boûs, “ox”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws (“cow”). Sense 2 was coined by American linguist Scott K. Lindell in 2003.

mit Bojen markieren

Rettungsboje

Tarierweste

Schwimmreifen

hoch halten

Schwimmgürtel

Schwimmring

über Wasser halten

auf der Wasseroberfläche halten

mit einer Boje markieren

oben halten

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