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Lexical reflections inspired by Slavonic * bog : English bogey from a Slavonic root? 1
Author(s) -
Cooper Brian
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
transactions of the philological society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.333
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1467-968X
pISSN - 0079-1636
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-968x.2004.00145.x
Subject(s) - etymology , celtic languages , linguistics , root (linguistics) , history , bog , slavic languages , literature , philosophy , art , archaeology , peat
Latham's suggestion that * bog 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 .