Where does “bocstaff” come from?

bocstaff (Middle English) comes from Old English bōcstæf, from Old English bōc, from Proto-Germanic bōk, from Proto-Germanic bakaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₃g- — to bake, to roast, to fry.

bocstaff (Middle English): letter, written character

Definitions

  1. letter, written character

Ancestry of “bocstaff”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishbōcstæfletter, written character; alphabetic symbol,...
2Old Englishbōcbeech; book
3Proto-Germanicbōk—
4Proto-Germanicbakanąto bake
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₃g-to bake, to roast, to fry

Words derived from “bocstaff”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₃g- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bakaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic bōk →
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