Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bōkastabaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Alternative forms

*bōkastabô

Etymology

From *bōks (“book”) +‎ *stabaz (“staff, stick”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbɔː.kɑ.ˌstɑ.βɑz/

Noun

*bōkastabaz m

a staff made of beechwood
letter of the alphabet

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *bōkastabaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*bōkastabaz	bōkastabōz, bōkastabōs
vocative	*bōkastab	bōkastabōz, bōkastabōs
accusative	*bōkastabą	*bōkastabanz
genitive	bōkastabas, bōkastabis	*bōkastabǫ̂
dative	*bōkastabai	*bōkastabamaz
instrumental	*bōkastabō	*bōkastabamiz

Related terms

*rūnōstabaz

Descendants

Old English: bōcstæf
- Middle English: bocstaff, bookstave
  - English: bookstaff, bookstave
Old Frisian: *bōkstaf
- Saterland Frisian: Boukstäf
Old Saxon: bōkstaf
- Middle Low German: bōkstaf
  - Low German: Bookstaav
  - Plautdietsch: Buakstow
Old Dutch: buokstaf, buochstaf
- Middle Dutch: boecstaf
  - Dutch: boekstaaf
    - Afrikaans: boekstaaf
Old High German: buohstab
- Middle High German: buochstap
  - German: Buchstabe
  - Luxembourgish: Buschtaf
Old Norse: bókstafr
- Icelandic: bókstafur
- Faroese: bókstavur
- Norwegian: bokstav
- Old Swedish: bōkstaver
  - Swedish: bokstav
- Danish: bogstav
- Gutnish: bokstav

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