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

  1. Name of the letter "b" in Cyrillic and Glagolitic...

Ancestry of “buky”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Church Slavonicбоукꙑ—
2Slavic*buky—
3Proto-West Germanicbōkubeech
4Proto-Germanicbōkōbeech
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂ǵosbeech
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂ǵos →Every word from Proto-Germanic bōkō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic bōku →