
FromLatinboa(“a large snake”).
Boa f
Boa (pluralBoasorBoa)
FromMiddle High Germanbein, fromOld High Germanbein, fromProto-West Germanic*bain, fromProto-Germanic*bainą. CompareGermanBein andGebeine,Dutchbeen,Englishbone,Danishben.
Boa n (pluralBoana,diminutiveBoanlorBoanerl)(West Central Bavarian)
Boa f (genitiveBoa,pluralBoas)
FromMiddle Low Germanbar,bāre, fromOld Saxonbero, fromProto-West Germanic*berō(“bear”). Cognate withDutchbeer,GermanBär,Englishbear,Icelandicbjörn.
FromLow Germanbohren, fromMiddle Low Germanbōren, fromOld Saxonborōn, fromProto-Germanic*burōną(“to bore”).