boec

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch buok, from Proto-Germanic *bōks.

Noun

boec m or n

book
book, tome, volume (of a larger work)

Inflection

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Descendants

Dutch: boek
- Afrikaans: boek
- → Javanese: ꦧꦸꦏꦸ (buku)
- → Malay: buku
  - → Indonesian: buku
    - → Balinese: ᬩᬸᬓᬸ (buku)
    - → Sundanese: ᮘᮥᮊᮥ (buku)
Limburgish: book
→ Middle French: boucquain
- French: bouquin

Further reading

“boec (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
“boec (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

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