Where does “bōc” come from?

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

bōc (Old English): beech; book

Definitions

  1. beech; book

Ancestry of “bōc”, step by step

bōc traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic bōk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicbōk—
2Proto-Germanicbakanąto bake
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₃g-to bake, to roast, to fry

via Proto-West Germanic bōk

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

via Proto-Germanic bōkō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicbōkōbeech

Words derived from “bōc”

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