Where does “book” come from?

book (Limburgish) comes from Middle Low German bôk, from Old Saxon bōk, from Proto-West Germanic bōk, from Proto-Germanic bōks, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂ǵos — beech.

book (Limburgish): book

Definitions

  1. book

Ancestry of “book”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanbôkbook
2Old Saxonbōkbook
3Proto-West Germanicbōkinscribed billet, letter; book
4Proto-Germanicbōksletter, written message, inscriptions carved into...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂ǵosbeech

Words derived from “book”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂ǵos →Every word from Proto-Germanic bōks →Every word from Proto-West Germanic bōk →