Where does “buku” come from?

buku (Malay) comes from Dutch boek, from Middle Dutch boec, from Old Dutch buok, from Proto-West Germanic bōk, from Proto-Germanic bōks, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂ǵos — beech.

buku (Malay): book; a lumpy joint; a small block of something

Definitions

  1. book; a lumpy joint; a small block of something

Ancestry of “buku”, step by step

buku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch boek

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchboekbook; omasum
2Middle Dutchboecbook; book, tome, volume
3Old Dutchbuok—
4Proto-West Germanicbōkinscribed billet, letter; book
5Proto-Germanicbōksletter, written message, inscriptions carved into...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂ǵosbeech

via Proto-Malayic buku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayicbuku—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*bukuhnode; joint; knuckle; knot

Words derived from “buku”

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