Words that come from Proto-Germanic bōks

400 words across 32 languages descend from Proto-Germanic bōks — including book, knowledge, books, textbook, notebook, knowledgeable, handbook, booklet.

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English (230)

Swedish (46)

Dutch (38)

Icelandic (16)

Danish (11)

Hungarian (11)

Faroese (8)

Afrikaans (7)

Russian (4)

West Frisian (2)

Old Swedish (2)

North Frisian (2)

Volapük (2)

Yiddish (2)

Polish (2)

Hausa (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Old Frisian (1)

Old High German (1)

Marshallese (1)

Middle Low German (1)

Czech (1)

French (1)

Italian (1)

Indonesian (1)

Chuukese (1)

Japanese (1)

Cia-Cia (1)

Korean (1)

Somali (1)

Greenlandic (1)