Where does “beuk” come from?

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

beuk (Scots): Alternative form of buik

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of buik

Ancestry of “beuk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scotsbuikbook
2Middle Englishbookebook; Alternative form of bouk
3Old Englishbōcbeech; book
4Proto-Germanicbōk—
5Proto-Germanicbakanąto bake
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₃g-to bake, to roast, to fry
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₃g- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bakaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic bōk →