Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bōks
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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]
Uncertain. Often linked to *bōkō (“beech”), though beechbark-writing, unlike birchbark-writing, is not known, nor is it well imaginable that it was the time for bookfells made from beeches already. Connected by some to Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g- (“to allot”) ascribing to the word the meaning of “letter” in the sense of merely one or few symbols because letters would have primitively been ownership symbols, which would then have been generalized to any work with writing upon it.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
*bōks f
Inflection[edit]
| consonant stemDeclension of *bōks (consonant stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *bōks | *bōkiz | |
| vocative | *bōk | *bōkiz | |
| accusative | *bōkų | *bōkunz | |
| genitive | *bōkiz | *bōkǫ̂ | |
| dative | *bōki | *bōkumaz | |
| instrumental | *bōkē | *bōkumiz | |
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Proto-West Germanic: *bōk
- Old English: bōc, bœ̄c
- Old Frisian: bōk
- Old Saxon: bōk
- Old Dutch: *buok
- Old High German: buoh, puoh
- Old Norse: bók