Where does “bök” come from?

bök (North Frisian) comes from Old Frisian bōk, from Proto-West Germanic bōkijā, from Proto-West Germanic bōku, from Proto-Germanic bōkō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂ǵos — beech.

bök (North Frisian): book

Definitions

  1. book

Ancestry of “bök”, step by step

bök traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Frisian bōk

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

via Proto-Germanic *bukkaz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*bukkaz—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰuǵ-buck, he-goat
3Proto-North CaucasianbVχc̣V—
4Proto-North CaucasianbVc̣Vyoung he-goat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂ǵos →Every word from Proto-Germanic bōkō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic bōku →