An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Bogen

by Friedrich Kluge

Bogen, m., ‘bow, arc, vault, sheet (of paper),’ from MidHG. boge, OHG. bogo, m., ‘bow’; comp. AS. boga, E. bow; Goth. *buga. Properly a deriv. of biegen, hence orig. ‘curve, bend,’ connected with the equiv. cognates of Bucht; comp. further the primit. Teut. compounds Ellenbogen, Regenbogen.