buoc

Old Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *bōk, from Proto-Germanic *bōks. Related to Old High German buoh, Old English bōc and Old Saxon bōk.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /buo̯k/

Noun

buoc m or n

  1. book
    • Fardiligon uuerthin fan buoke libbendero
      Let them be blotted out of the book of the living.
    Die altmittel- und altniederfränkischen Psalmen und Glossen [The Old Middle and Old Low Franconian psalms and glosses]; Between 900 and 1000 CE;

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Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle Dutch: boec
    • Dutch: boek (see there for further descendants)
    • Limburgish: book
    • Middle French: boucquain (from a diminutive)