Where does “boec” come from?

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

boec (Middle Dutch): book; book, tome, volume

Definitions

  1. book; book, tome, volume

Ancestry of “boec”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchbuok—
2Proto-West Germanicbōkinscribed billet, letter; book
3Proto-Germanicbōksletter, written message, inscriptions carved into...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂ǵosbeech

Words derived from “boec”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂ǵos →
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