Old English boda

← Old English bēodan (cognate)

← Proto-Germanic *budô (inherited)

← Proto-West Germanic *bodō (inherited)

← Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (root)

→ English messenger (cognate)

→ English bode (inherited)

→ English Boston (mention)

→ Old English eþelboda (compound)

→ Luxembourgish Buet (cognate)