Where does “vuku” come from?

vuku (Jamtish) comes from Tok Pisin buk, from English Book, from German būch, from Middle High German buoch, from Old High German buoh, from Proto-Germanic bōk, from Proto-Germanic bakaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₃g- — to bake, to roast, to fry.

vuku (Jamtish): week

Definitions

  1. week

Ancestry of “vuku”, step by step

vuku traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Tok Pisin buk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tok Pisinbukbook
2EnglishBookthe Bible
3Germanbūchbook collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge; long work fit for publication
4Middle High Germanbuoch
5Old High Germanbuohbook
6Proto-Germanicbōk
7Proto-Germanicbakanąto bake
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₃g-to bake, to roast, to fry

via Norwegian Nynorsk viku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskvikuform removed with the spelling reform of 1917;...
2Old Norsevíkaweek
3Proto-Germanicwikǭsequence; week
4Proto-Indo-Europeanweyg-to bend, wind, turn, yield; to wind, bend; to...

via Old Norse vaka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsevakato be awake, keep awake; waking; vigil
2Proto-Germanicwakānąto wake, to be awake
3Proto-Indo-Europeanweǵ-lively, awake; strong
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₃g-Every word from Proto-Germanic bakanąEvery word from Proto-Germanic bōk
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