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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bōks

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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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Etymology

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    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵos
    Proto-Germanic *bōkō?
    Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g-?
    Proto-Germanic *bōks

    Uncertain. Often linked to *bōkō (“beech”),[1] though beechbark-writing, unlike birchbark-writing, is not known, nor is it likely that bookfells were made from beeches at the time. Connected by some to Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g- (“to allot”), ascribing to the word the meaning of “letter”, in the sense of merely one or few symbols; (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) in older times, letters would have served as (allotted) ownership symbols, which would then have been generalized to any work with writing upon it.

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    *bōks f

    1. letter, written message, inscriptions carved into a flat object pressed together, “book”

    Inflection

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    consonant stemDeclension of *bōks (consonant stem)
    singular plural
    nominative *bōks *bōkiz
    vocative *bōk *bōkiz
    accusative *bōkų *bōkunz
    genitive *bōkiz *bōkǫ̂
    dative *bōki *bōkumaz
    instrumental *bōkē *bōkumiz

    Derived terms

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    Descendants

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    References

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    1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*bōk-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 71
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