Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bōk

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 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]

  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

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 286: “nom. pl. *bōkiz ‘inscribed billets’ [...] > PWGmc *bōki”
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