Where does “Facebookvriend” come from?
Facebookvriend (Dutch) comes from Dutch Facebook, from English Facebook, from English Book, from German būch, from Middle High German buoch, from Old High German buoh, from Proto-Germanic bōk, from Proto-Germanic bakaną — to bake, to roast, to fry.
Facebookvriend (Dutch): Facebook friend
Ancestry of “Facebookvriend”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Dutch | Facebook | Facebook |
| 2 | English | Facebook | A personal web profile on the social-networking... |
| 3 | English | Book | — |
| 4 | German | būch | — |
| 5 | Middle High German | buoch | — |
| 6 | Old High German | buoh | book |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | bōk | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | bakaną | to bake |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₃g- | to bake, to roast, to fry |