Buschtaf
Luxemburgeois
/ˈbuʃtaːf/
noun
Definitions
- letter (of the alphabet)
Etymology
Inherited from Old High German buohstab 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
- staff English
- Anfangsbuchstabe German
- Blockbuchstabe German
- Buch German
- Buchstabe German
- Buchstabenkurzwort German
- Buchstabensalat German
- Buchstabenschrift German
- Buchstabensuppe German
- Buchstabenwort German
- Druckbuchstabe German
- Kursivbuchstabe German
- Stab German
- Zierbuchstabe German
- buchstabengetreu German
- buchstabieren German
- buchstäblich German
- boek Dutch, Flemish
- boekstaaf Dutch, Flemish
- staaf Dutch, Flemish
- *stebʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *bōkastabaz Proto-Germanic
- bocstæf Old English
- bōcstæf Old English
- bocstaff Middle English
- bókstafr Old Norse
- bók Icelandic
- bókstafur Icelandic
- stafur Icelandic
- boecstaef Middle Dutch
- buohstab Old High German
- buochstabe Middle High German