Where does “буквоедство” come from?

буквоедство (Russian) comes from Russian буквое́д, from Russian бу́ква, from Old East Slavic бꙋкꙑ, from Proto-Slavic buky, from Gothic 𐌱𐍉𐌺𐍉𐍃, from Proto-Germanic *bōkôs, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵoes.

буквоедство (Russian): pedantry, punctiliousness

Definitions

  1. pedantry, punctiliousness

Ancestry of “буквоедство”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianбуквое́дpedant, dryasdust
2Russianбу́кваletter
3Old East Slavicбꙋкꙑletter
4Proto-Slavicbukybeech; letter
5Gothic𐌱𐍉𐌺𐍉𐍃Nominative and accusative plural form of ????;...
6Proto-Germanic*bōkôs—
7Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂ǵoes—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵoes →Every word from Proto-Germanic *bōkôs →Every word from Gothic 𐌱𐍉𐌺𐍉𐍃 →