Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bōkō
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This Proto-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-Germanic
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Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵos
Proto-Germanic *bōkō
From Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵos (“beech”). The Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek φηγός (phēgós, “oak”) and Latin fāgus (“beech”).
The origin of the senses in Gothic (“book, writing”) are unclear—see more at *bōks—but they may be transferred from that word by conflation.
Pronunciation
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edit*bōkō f
- beech
- (East Germanic) book
- Synonym: *bōks
Inflection
edit| ō-stemDeclension of *bōkō (ō-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *bōkō | *bōkôz | |
| vocative | *bōkō | *bōkôz | |
| accusative | *bōkǭ | *bōkōz | |
| genitive | *bōkōz | *bōkǫ̂ | |
| dative | *bōkōi | *bōkōmaz | |
| instrumental | *bōkō | *bōkōmiz | |