buoc

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *bōk, from Proto-Germanic *bōks. Related to Old High German buoh, Old English bōc and Old Saxon bōk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buo̯k/

Noun

buoc m or n

1. book

   Wi habbon that buok gelesan, anda hit was vilo guot.

   We have read the (that) book, and it was very good.

   • Die altmittel- und altniederfränkischen Psalmen und Glossen [The Old Middle and Old Low Franconian psalms and glosses]; Between 900 and 1000 CE;

     Fardiligon uuerthin fan buoke libbendero

     Let them be blotted out of the book of the living (KJV)

Derived terms

• *buocon
• buocstāf (“letter, alphabet”)

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: boec
  • Dutch: boek (see there for further descendants)
  • Limburgish: book
  • → Middle French: boucquain (via diminutive forms *boeckin, *boeckijn)
    • French: bouquin