Where does “beche” come from?

beche (Middle English) comes from Old English bēċe, from Proto-West Germanic bōkijā, from Proto-West Germanic bōku, from Proto-Germanic bōkō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂ǵos — beech.

beche (Middle English): beech

Definitions

  1. beech

Ancestry of “beche”, step by step

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

Words derived from “beche”

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