Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bōk

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bōks.

Noun

*bōk f

1. inscribed billet, letter
2. book

Inflection

Consonant stem
	Singular
Nominative	*bōk
Genitive	*bōki
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*bōk	*bōki
Accusative	*bōku	*bōki
Genitive	*bōki	*bōkō
Dative	*bōki	*bōkum
Instrumental	*bōki	*bōkum

Derived terms

• *bōkārī
• *bōkōn

Descendants

• Old English: bōc
  • Middle English: bok, boc, boke, book, booke, buk, buke
    • English: book (see there for further descendants)

      Geordie: buik, beuk, byuk

    • Scots: buik, beuk, buke, beuck
    • Yola: buke
• Old Frisian: bōk
  • North Frisian:

    Föhr: buk

    Helgoland: Buk

    Mooring: bök

    Sylt: Bok

  • Saterland Frisian: Bouk
  • West Frisian: boek
• Old Saxon: bōk, buok
  • Middle Low German: bôk, buk
    • Low German:

      Dutch Low Saxon: book

      German Low German: Book

    • Plautdietsch: Buak
• Old Dutch: buoc, buok
  • Middle Dutch: boec
    • Dutch: boek (see there for further descendants)
    • Limburgish: book, Bouk
    • ⇒ Middle French: boucquain (from a diminutive)
      • French: bouquin
• Old High German: buoh, puoh
  • Middle High German: buoch
    • Alemannic German: Buech, Büäch

      Alsatian: Bööch, Büech

      Swabian: Buach

    • Bavarian: Buach

      Münsterländisch: Büak

    • Central Franconian: Booch, Buch

      Hunsrik: Buch

      Kölsch: Booch

      Luxembourgish: Buch

    • East Franconian: Bouch
    • German: Buch
    • Rhine Franconian: Buch, Busch

      Pennsylvania German: Buch

    • Vilamovian: büch
    • Yiddish: בוך (bukh)