Where does “boekwinkel” come from?
boekwinkel (Dutch) comes from Afrikaans boek, 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.
boekwinkel (Dutch): bookshop, bookstore
Ancestry of “boekwinkel”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Afrikaans | boek | book |
| 2 | Dutch | boek | book; omasum |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | boec | book; book, tome, volume |
| 4 | Old Dutch | buok | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | bōk | inscribed billet, letter; book |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | bōks | letter, written message, inscriptions carved into... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂ǵos | beech |