Where does “Buch” come from?

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

Buch (Pennsylvania German): book

Definitions

  1. book

Ancestry of “Buch”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanbuoch—
2Old High Germanbuohbook
3Proto-Germanicbōk—
4Proto-Germanicbakanąto bake
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₃g-to bake, to roast, to fry

Words derived from “Buch”

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