Where does “boekenzucht” come from?
boekenzucht (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.
boekenzucht (Dutch): bibliomania
Definitions
- bibliomania
Ancestry of “boekenzucht”, step by step
boekenzucht traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch boek
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | boek | book; omasum |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | boec | book; book, tome, volume |
| 3 | Old Dutch | buok | — |
| 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 |
via Dutch zucht
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | zucht | sigh; longing, desire; a pathological desire or... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | suchte | — |
| 3 | Old Dutch | suhti | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | suhtiz | sickness |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -þiz | Forms abstract nouns from verb roots, usually... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |