Where does “avnbøg” come from?

avnbøg (Danish) comes from Middle Low German hagenboke, from Old Frisian bōkia, from Proto-West Germanic bōkijā, from Proto-West Germanic bōku, from Proto-Germanic bōkō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂ǵos — beech.

avnbøg (Danish): hornbeam, species in the genus Carpinus

Definitions

  1. hornbeam, species in the genus Carpinus

Ancestry of “avnbøg”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanhagenboke—
2Old Frisianbōkia—
3Proto-West Germanicbōkijābeech
4Proto-West Germanicbōkubeech
5Proto-Germanicbōkōbeech
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂ǵosbeech
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂ǵos →Every word from Proto-Germanic bōkō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic bōku →