Where does “buchen” come from?

buchen (German) comes from German buche, from Middle High German buoche, from Old High German buohha, from Proto-West Germanic bōkijā, from Proto-West Germanic bōku, from Proto-Germanic bōkō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂ǵos — beech.

buchen (German): beechen; to book

Definitions

  1. beechen; to book

Ancestry of “buchen”, step by step

buchen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German buche

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanbucheinflection of buchen: ## first-person singular...
2Middle High Germanbuoche—
3Old High GermanbuohhaA beech
4Proto-West Germanicbōkijābeech
5Proto-West Germanicbōkubeech
6Proto-Germanicbōkōbeech
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂ǵosbeech

via German būch

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanbūchbook collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge; long work fit for publication
2Middle High Germanbuoch—
3Old High Germanbuohbook
4Proto-Germanicbōk—
5Proto-Germanicbakanąto bake
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₃g-to bake, to roast, to fry

Words derived from “buchen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂ǵos →Every word from Proto-Germanic bōkō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic bōku →