Where does “buik” come from?

buik (Scots) comes 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.

buik (Scots): book

Definitions

  1. book

Ancestry of “buik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishbookebook; Alternative form of bouk
2Old Englishbōcbeech; book
3Proto-Germanicbōk—
4Proto-Germanicbakanąto bake
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₃g-to bake, to roast, to fry

Words derived from “buik”

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