Where does “pocket” come from?
pocket (Swedish) comes from Swedish pocketbok, from English pocketbook, from English Book, from German būch, from Middle High German buoch, from Old High German buoh, from Proto-Germanic bōk, from Proto-Germanic bakaną — to bake, to roast, to fry.
pocket (Swedish): paperback; book with flexible binding
Definitions
- paperback; book with flexible binding
Ancestry of “pocket”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | pocketbok | a paperback; book with flexible binding |
| 2 | English | pocketbook | A woman's purse; One's personal budget or... |
| 3 | English | Book | the Bible |
| 4 | German | būch | book collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge; long work fit for publication |
| 5 | Middle High German | buoch | — |
| 6 | Old High German | buoh | book |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | bōk | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | bakaną | to bake |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₃g- | to bake, to roast, to fry |