Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bōkijǭ

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

Etymology

From an earlier *bōkō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵos (“beech”). The Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek φηγός (phēgós, “oak”), Latin fāgus (“beech”) and Armenian բոխի (boxi, “hornbeam”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbɔː.ki.jɔ̃ː/

Noun

*bōkijǭ f

beech

Inflection

ōn-stemDeclension of *bōkijǭ (ōn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*bōkijǭ	*bōkijōniz
vocative	*bōkijǭ	*bōkijōniz
accusative	*bōkijōnų	*bōkijōnunz
genitive	*bōkijōniz	*bōkijōnǫ̂
dative	*bōkijōni	*bōkijōmaz
instrumental	*bōkijōnē	*bōkijōmiz

Derived terms

*bōkīnaz

Descendants

Old English: bēċe, bæċ
- Middle English: beche
  - English: beech
  - Scots: beche, beech
West Frisian: bōk
- Saterland Frisian: Bouke
- West Frisian: boek, boeke (in compounds)
Old Saxon: bōkia
- Middle Low German: böke
  - German Low German: Böke, Böök
  - Low German: Böke
  - → Dutch: beuk
    - Afrikaans: beuk
Old Dutch: *buoka
- Middle Dutch: boeke
  - Dutch: beuk
    - Afrikaans: beuk
Old High German: buohha, *buohhia, buocha (weak n-stem)
- Middle High German: buoche (possibly conflated with descendant from *bōkō)
  - Alemannic German: Buech
  - German: Buche, Büche
  - Luxembourgish: Bich
  - Vilamovian: bih́łiḱ
→ Slavic: *buky (see there for further descendants)

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