Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bōkō
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This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵos (“beech”). The Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek φηγός (phēgós, “oak”) and Latin fāgus (“beech”).[1]
The origin of the senses in Gothic (“book, writing”) is unclear, but they may be transferred by conflation from *bōks f (see there for more), or both senses “beech” and “writing” may have been originally present in both words; in the latter case, *bōkō can safely be derived from *bōks in pre-Germanic.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]*bōkō f[1]
Inflection
[edit]| ō-stemDeclension of *bōkō (ō-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *bōkō | *bōkôz | |
| vocative | *bōkō | *bōkôz | |
| accusative | *bōkǭ | *bōkōz | |
| genitive | *bōkōz | *bōkǫ̂ | |
| dative | *bōkōi | *bōkōmaz | |
| instrumental | *bōkō | *bōkōmiz | |
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Proto-West Germanic: *bōku
- Old Norse: bók
- Gothic: 𐌱𐍉𐌺𐌰 (bōka)
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*bōk(j)ō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 71-2