Lexical reflections inspired by Slavonic *bogubreve: English bogey from a Slavonic root?

Author: Brian Cooper1

Source: Transactions of the Philological Society, Volume 103, Number 1, April 2005 , pp. 73-97(25)

Publisher: Blackwell Publishing

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Abstract:

Latham's suggestion that *bogubreve may be the basis of English bogey and related words is examined, along with possible Celtic and Germanic etymons, and a more likely etymology than Latham's is proposed for bogey and its cognates, including the probably related word puck.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-968X.2004.00145.x

Affiliations: 1: Department of Slavonic Studies, University of Cambridge

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