Where does “buking” come from?
buking (Serbo-Croatian) comes from English booking, from English book, 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.
buking (Serbo-Croatian): booking
Ancestry of “buking”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | booking | present participle of book; The act or process of... |
| 2 | English | book | A collection of sheets of paper bound together to... |
| 3 | Middle English | booke | book; Alternative form of bouk |
| 4 | Old English | bōc | beech; book |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | bōk | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | bakaną | to bake |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₃g- | to bake, to roast, to fry |