Where does “boekje” come from?

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

boekje (West Frisian): to write down or record in a book; chronicle;...

Definitions

  1. to write down or record in a book; chronicle;...

Ancestry of “boekje”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frisianbōkia—
2Proto-West Germanicbōkijābeech
3Proto-West Germanicbōkubeech
4Proto-Germanicbōkōbeech
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂ǵosbeech
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂ǵos →Every word from Proto-Germanic bōkō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic bōku →