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

Definitions

  1. primer

Ancestry of “bukvar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianbùkibuky
2Church Slavonicбоукꙑ—
3Slavic*buky—
4Proto-West Germanicbōkubeech
5Proto-Germanicbōkōbeech
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂ǵosbeech
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂ǵos →Every word from Proto-Germanic bōkō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic bōku →