Where does “emblemenboek” come from?
emblemenboek (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.
Ancestry of “emblemenboek”, step by step
emblemenboek 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 embleem
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | embleem | emblem representative symbol |
| 2 | Latin | emblēma | mosaic |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἔμβλημα | An insertion; A chased or imbossed ornament; A... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -μᾰ | "suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -mn̥ | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs |