Where does “bogbestand” come from?

bogbestand (Danish) comes from Danish bøg, from Middle Low German bôk, from Old Saxon bōk, from Proto-West Germanic bōk, from Proto-Germanic bōks, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂ǵos — beech.

bogbestand (Danish): total number of books (in a library, etc.)

Definitions

  1. total number of books (in a library, etc.)

Ancestry of “bogbestand”, step by step

bogbestand traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish bøg

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishbøgbeech
2Middle Low Germanbôkbook
3Old Saxonbōkbook
4Proto-West Germanicbōkinscribed billet, letter; book
5Proto-Germanicbōksletter, written message, inscriptions carved into...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂ǵosbeech

via Danish bestand

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishbestandpopulation; total number
2Low Germanbestant—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂ǵos →
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