Where does “ulat buku” come from?
ulat buku (Malay) comes from Malay buku, 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.
ulat buku (Malay): bookworm
Definitions
- bookworm
Ancestry of “ulat buku”, step by step
ulat buku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Malay buku
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malay | buku | book; a lumpy joint; a small block of something |
| 2 | Dutch | boek | book; omasum |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | boec | book; book, tome, volume |
| 4 | Old Dutch | buok | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | bōk | inscribed billet, letter; book |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | bōks | letter, written message, inscriptions carved into... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂ǵos | beech |