Where does “bukvar” come from?
bukvar (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian bùki, from Church Slavonic боукꙑ, from Slavic *buky, from Proto-West Germanic bōku, from Proto-Germanic bōkō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂ǵos — beech.
bukvar (Serbo-Croatian): primer
Ancestry of “bukvar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | bùki | — |
| 2 | Church Slavonic | боукꙑ | — |
| 3 | Slavic | *buky | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | bōku | beech |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | bōkō | beech |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂ǵos | beech |