Where does “bōk” come from?

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

Ancestry of “bōk”, step by step

bōk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic bōkijā

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicbōkijābeech
2Proto-West Germanicbōkubeech
3Proto-Germanicbōkōbeech
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂ǵosbeech

via Proto-West Germanic bōk

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

Words derived from “bōk”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂ǵos →Every word from Proto-Germanic bōkō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic bōku →