Where does “buky” come from?
buky (English) comes from Church Slavonic боукꙑ, from Slavic *buky, from Proto-West Germanic bōku, from Proto-Germanic bōkō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂ǵos — beech.
buky (English): Name of the letter "b" in Cyrillic and Glagolitic...
Definitions
- Name of the letter "b" in Cyrillic and Glagolitic...
Ancestry of “buky”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Church Slavonic | боукꙑ | — |
| 2 | Slavic | *buky | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | bōku | beech |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | bōkō | beech |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂ǵos | beech |