{"id":18504,"date":"2019-11-16T18:00:34","date_gmt":"2019-11-16T18:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=18504"},"modified":"2019-11-16T18:00:34","modified_gmt":"2019-11-16T18:00:34","slug":"buoys-oxen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=18504","title":{"rendered":"Buoys &#038; Oxen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What is the connection between <strong>buoys<\/strong> and <strong>oxen<\/strong>?<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/aemkei\/431440905\/in\/photolist-E8fmi-8k2zST-8K5gWA-tBHV7J-286E5s-6tKWqT-p5URY-wKAtt-XnCQPB-5MZTGW-KRdgMv-LLyEW5-99f9TC-YF9SqG-qSv4z-5AzKNa-HWQqUy-diikY-djtUCp-8SSLv-6ttZPf-wFWhH-v2k6V-7jzgnR-5f8Yux-2a2smpd-fBKq4-55UGY8-6uoAD5-9R93T-4oKXAC-rEUdPn-YJKnaw-q9t2Cn-KntXPg-gbQVkq-Go3ksc-2hESS6E-HBit7J-XLniyT-pVtULS-VUg7YY-9orEfv-vXccp-J6Cmjz-HaGgGJ-HWQiQo-J6BvXV-HF5Wzm-GQzgni\" title=\"Buoy\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/170\/431440905_f442b75187_z.jpg\" alt=\"Buoy\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Well, the word <strong>buoy<\/strong> comes from the Middle Dutch <em>boeye<\/em> (float, buoy), from the Old French <em>buie<\/em> (fetter, chain), probably from Frankish <em>*baukan<\/em> (sign, signal), the root of the English word beacon, or from the Latin <em>boia<\/em> (a (leather) collar, band, fetter), from the Ancient Greek <em>\u03b2\u03cc\u03b5\u03bf\u03c2<\/em> (b\u00f3eos &#8211; of ox-hide), from <em>\u03b2\u03bf\u1fe6\u03c2<\/em> (bo\u00fbs &#8211; ox), from the Proto-Indo-European <em>*g\u02b7ow-<\/em> (cow) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/buoy\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rosedavies\/3052400589\/in\/photolist-5DJmmn-KHXAyj-88iwru-GMGiae-fwycoh-hyDQLE-gWLMBx-pkEx4g-g3T1D6-bpheX5-6So9b9-6vK99k-Lex1DC-mT34qc-qSZWFd-KVPSN3-sRAQUb-xV3iwg-8KYDew-Q3g4Di-qbzuCX-8WBHwS-gbb1N6-wUaSUu-QSZtrL-ttUyjk-bDGiDj-eUYooy-gaPHJY-cKc1H-6QFXug-J8tnWB-qEjVGW-sH8Rs2-AsGeS9-bzBAwi-oHmybv-zbSNGU-v6nAaK-pgY25e-yKpP6M-KbDvjB-pZsAC5-jCqpCN-ou8hdp-qvAh73-nHK8pE-xP4GQ1-p5c2uH-bF5VYU\" title=\"Traditional Ox &amp; cart\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/3074\/3052400589_77c8cf5c9d_z.jpg\" alt=\"Traditional Ox &amp; cart\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>How do you pronounce <strong>buoy<\/strong>, by the way?<\/p>\n<p>I pronounce it [\u02c8b\u0254\u026a], as in boy, but I understand that some pronounce it [\u02c8bu\u02d0i\u02d0] or [\u02c8bui], like bwee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the connection between buoys and oxen? 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