Where does “buk” come from?

buk (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.

buk (North Frisian): book

Definitions

  1. book

Ancestry of “buk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frisianbōk—
2Proto-West Germanicbōkijābeech
3Proto-West Germanicbōkubeech
4Proto-Germanicbōkōbeech
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂ǵosbeech
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂ǵos →Every word from Proto-Germanic bōkō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic bōku →