Where does “adresboek” come from?

adresboek (Dutch) comes from Dutch boek, from Middle Dutch boec, from Old Dutch buok, from Proto-West Germanic bōk, from Proto-Germanic bōks, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂ǵos — beech.

adresboek (Dutch): address book

Definitions

  1. address book

Ancestry of “adresboek”, step by step

adresboek traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch boek

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchboekbook; omasum
2Middle Dutchboecbook; book, tome, volume
3Old Dutchbuok—
4Proto-West Germanicbōkinscribed billet, letter; book
5Proto-Germanicbōksletter, written message, inscriptions carved into...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂ǵosbeech

via Dutch adres

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchadresaddress
2Middle Frenchadresse—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂ǵos →