bogstav
Danish
noun
Definitions
- letter (letter of the alphabet)
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse bókstafr derived 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
- *stebʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- bokstav Norwegian Bokmål
- *bōkastabaz Proto-Germanic
- bokstav Norwegian Nynorsk
- bocstæf Old English
- bōcstæf Old English
- bocstaff Middle English
- bók Old Norse
- bókstafr Old Norse
- stafr Old Norse
- bókstafur Icelandic
- buohstab Old High German
- bókstavur Faroese
- bokstaver, bōkstaver Old Swedish