Bog
The word bog is another example of a word that comes to us almost unchanged over centuries.
The word bog meaning wet, soft, spongy ground with soil chiefly composed of decaying vegetable matter came to English around 1500 from Gaelic and Irish bogach (bog) and bog (soft, moist). These words in turn are from Proto-Celtic buggo (flexible) and the Proto-Indo-European root bheug (to bend).
Reference: Online Etymological Dictionary, https://www.etymonline.com/
The word bog meaning wet, soft, spongy ground with soil chiefly composed of decaying vegetable matter came to English around 1500 from Gaelic and Irish bogach (bog) and bog (soft, moist). These words in turn are from Proto-Celtic buggo (flexible) and the Proto-Indo-European root bheug (to bend).
Reference: Online Etymological Dictionary, https://www.etymonline.com/
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