Where does “boke” come from?

boke (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch buoka, from Proto-West Germanic bōkijā, from Proto-West Germanic bōku, from Proto-Germanic bōkō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂ǵos — beech.

boke (Middle Dutch): a blow, a hit

Definitions

  1. a blow, a hit

Ancestry of “boke”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchbuoka—
2Proto-West Germanicbōkijābeech
3Proto-West Germanicbōkubeech
4Proto-Germanicbōkōbeech
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂ǵosbeech

Words derived from “boke”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂ǵos →Every word from Proto-Germanic bōkō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic bōku →