Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bōkstabaz

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

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɔːkˌstɑ.βɑz/

Noun

*bōkstabaz m

  1. a staff made of beechwood
  2. letter of the alphabet

Inflection

Declension of *bōkstabaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *bōkstabaz *bōkstabōz, *bōkstabōs
vocative *bōkstab *bōkstabōz, *bōkstabōs
accusative *bōkstabą *bōkstabanz
genitive *bōkstabas, *bōkstabis *bōkstabǫ̂
dative *bōkstabai *bōkstabamaz
instrumental *bōkstabō *bōkstabamiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *bōkstab; *bōkstabō
    • Old English: bōcstæf
    • Old Frisian: *bōkstaf, *bōkstef
      • North Frisian:
        Amrum Frisian: buksteew
        Föhr Frisian: buksteew
        Halligen Frisian: böökstaawe
        Karrharde Frisian: bouksteew
        Northern Goesharde Frisian: boukstää
        Sylt Frisian: Boksteev
        Wiedingharde Frisian: bukstääw
      • Saterland Frisian: Boukstäf
    • Old Saxon: bōkstaf; bōkstabo
      • Middle Low German: bôkstaf; *bôkstāve
        • German Low German: Bookstaav
        • Plautdietsch: Buakstow
    • Old Dutch: buocstaf, *buocstavo (latter from *bōkastabô)
    • Old High German: buohstab; *buohstabo
      • Middle High German: buochstap; buochstabe
        • German: Buchstab; Buchstabe
          • → Saterland Frisian: Buukstoave
        • Hunsrik: Buchstaab
        • Luxembourgish: Buschtaf
        • Vilamovian: büchśtaow, büśtow
        • Yiddish: בוכשטאַב (bukhshtab)
  • Old Norse: bókstafr
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