Words that come from Proto-Germanic bōks

400 words across 36 languages descend from Proto-Germanic bōks — including book, books, textbook, notebook, handbook, booklet, bookstore, booking.

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English (205)

Swedish (51)

Dutch (27)

Danish (20)

Icelandic (19)

Yiddish (10)

Faroese (8)

Russian (6)

Afrikaans (5)

Japanese (5)

West Frisian (4)

Luxembourgish (4)

French (4)

Middle Low German (3)

Volapük (3)

Old Frisian (2)

North Frisian (2)

Chuukese (2)

Korean (2)

Armenian (2)

Hausa (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Old High German (1)

Marshallese (1)

Old Swedish (1)

Czech (1)

Polish (1)

Cia-Cia (1)

Somali (1)

Chinese (1)

Georgian (1)

Elfdalian (1)

Central Franconian (1)

Zulu (1)

Greenlandic (1)