Where does “stripboek” come from?
stripboek (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.
stripboek (Dutch): comic book
Definitions
- comic book
Ancestry of “stripboek”, step by step
stripboek 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 strip
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | strip | strip; comic |
| 2 | English | strip | A long, thin piece of land; any long, thin area;... |
| 3 | Middle English | strepen | to remove the clothes of, undress, strip; to peel... |
| 4 | Old English | strīepan | plunder |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | strēpōną | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ter(h₁)- | to be stiff; be rigid; exert |