Where does “boek” come from?

boek (West Frisian) comes from Old Frisian bōk, from Proto-West Germanic bōkijā, from Proto-West Germanic bōku, from Proto-Germanic bōkō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂ǵos — beech.

boek (West Frisian): book

Definitions

  1. book

Ancestry of “boek”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frisianbōk—
2Proto-West Germanicbōkijābeech
3Proto-West Germanicbōkubeech
4Proto-Germanicbōkōbeech
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂ǵosbeech

Words derived from “boek”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂ǵos →Every word from Proto-Germanic bōkō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic bōku →
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