buoc

Old Dutch

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;

Inflection

Declension of buoc (masculine a-stem noun)

case	singular	plural
nominative	buoc	buoca
accusative	buoc	buoca
genitive	buokes	buoco
dative	buoke	buocon

Declension of buoc (neuter a-stem noun)

case	singular	plural
nominative	buoc	buoc
accusative	buoc	buoc
genitive	buokes	buoco
dative	buoke	buocon

Derived terms

• *buocon
• buocstāf (“letter, alphabet”)

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: boec
  • Dutch: boek (see there for further descendants)
  • Limburgish: book
  • → Middle French: boucquain (via diminutive forms *boeckin, *boeckijn)
    • French: bouquin