Where does “gæstebog” come from?
gæstebog (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.
gæstebog (Danish): guest book
Ancestry of “gæstebog”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Danish | bøg | beech |
| 2 | Middle Low German | bôk | — |
| 3 | Old Saxon | bōk | book |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | bōk | inscribed billet, letter; book |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | bōks | letter, written message, inscriptions carved into... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂ǵos | beech |