bokstav
Swedish
/ˈbuːkˌstɑːv/
noun
Definitions
- letter of the alphabet
Etymology
Inherited from Old Swedish bokstaver, bōkstaver inherited from Old Norse bókstafr inherited from Proto-Germanic *bōkastabaz (written character, beechwood staff).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*bōkastabaz
Gloss
written character, beechwood staff
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- book English
- bookstaff English
- bookstave English
- staff English
- stave English
- puustavi Finnish
- *stebʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- bokstav Norwegian Bokmål
- *bōkastabaz Proto-Germanic
- begynnelse Swedish
- begynnelsebokstav Swedish
- bokstavlig Swedish
- bokstavskod Swedish
- kod Swedish
- bokstav Norwegian Nynorsk
- bocstæf Old English
- bōcstæf Old English
- bocstaff Middle English
- bók Old Norse
- bókstafr Old Norse
- stafr Old Norse
- bogstav Danish
- bókstafur Icelandic
- buohstab Old High German
- bókstavur Faroese
- bokstaver, bōkstaver Old Swedish