Where does “buoh” come from?

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

buoh (Old High German): book

Definitions

  1. book

Ancestry of “buoh”, step by step

buoh 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 West Germanic *bōk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1West Germanic*bōk—

Words derived from “buoh”

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