bocstæf
Old English
noun
Definitions
- (grammar) written character, letter
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *bōkastabaz (written character, beechwood staff) compound from Old English bōc (book, beech) + Old English stæf (letter, staff, grammarical, grammar).
Origin
Old English
stæf
Gloss
letter, staff, grammarical, grammar
Concept
Semantic Field
Modern world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *stebʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *bōkastabaz Proto-Germanic
- *stabaz Proto-Germanic
- arstafas Old English
- bispellboc Old English
- boccræft Old English
- bocgestreon Old English
- bochus Old English
- boclar Old English
- boclic Old English
- boctreow Old English
- bōc Old English
- bōcstæf Old English
- ciricboc Old English
- cwidboc Old English
- færeldboc Old English
- gecyndboc Old English
- gerimboc Old English
- godspellboc Old English
- handboc Old English
- larboc Old English
- læceboc Old English
- namboc Old English
- rædingboc Old English
- sangboc Old English
- stæf Old English
- stæfcræft Old English
- stæfleahter Old English
- stæflic Old English
- stæfrof Old English
- stæfwis Old English
- stæfwritere Old English
- wyrdstæf Old English
- æboc Old English
- boke Middle English
- book Middle English
- booke Middle English
- staf Middle English
- bókstafr Old Norse
- buohstab Old High German
- *bōk gmw-pro