Where does “bøg” come from?
bøg (Danish) comes from Middle Low German bôk, from Old Saxon bōk, from Proto-West Germanic bōk, from Proto-Germanic bōks, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂ǵos — beech.
bøg (Danish): beech
Ancestry of “bøg”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | bôk | — |
| 2 | Old Saxon | bōk | book |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | bōk | inscribed billet, letter; book |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | bōks | letter, written message, inscriptions carved into... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂ǵos | beech |