Where does “bôk” come from?

bôk (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon bōk, from Proto-West Germanic bōk, from Proto-Germanic bōks, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂ǵos — beech.

bôk (Middle Low German): book

Definitions

  1. book

Ancestry of “bôk”, step by step

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

Words derived from “bôk”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂ǵos →Every word from Proto-Germanic bōks →Every word from Proto-West Germanic bōk →
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