bókstafr
Old Norse
noun
Definitions
- a letter of the alphabet
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *bōkastabaz (written character, beechwood staff) compound from Old Norse bók (beech, book) + Old Norse stafr (staff, stick, rod, support)root from Proto-Indo-European *stebʰ- (stem, post, stiffen).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*stebʰ-
Gloss
stem, post, stiffen
Concept
Semantic Field
The house
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
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Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- σταφυλή Ancient Greek
- *bʰeh₂ǵos Proto-Indo-European
- *stebʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- blokkbokstav Norwegian Bokmål
- bok Norwegian Bokmål
- bokstav Norwegian Bokmål
- bokstavelig Norwegian Bokmål
- bøk Norwegian Bokmål
- *bōkastabaz Proto-Germanic
- *bōks Proto-Germanic
- *bōkō Proto-Germanic
- *stabaz Proto-Germanic
- *stapulaz Proto-Germanic
- bokstav Swedish
- blokkbokstav Norwegian Nynorsk
- bok Norwegian Nynorsk
- bokstav Norwegian Nynorsk
- bøk Norwegian Nynorsk
- stakkar Norwegian Nynorsk
- bocstæf Old English
- bōcstæf Old English
- Stafangr Old Norse
- bók Old Norse
- stafkarl Old Norse
- stafr Old Norse
- bog Danish
- bogstav Danish
- bøg Danish
- bók Icelandic
- bókstafur Icelandic
- stafur Icelandic
- buohstab Old High German
- bók Faroese
- bókstavarað Faroese
- bókstavur Faroese
- stavur Faroese
- bok Old Swedish
- bok, bōk Old Swedish
- bokstaver, bōkstaver Old Swedish
- staver Old Swedish
- stav Westrobothnian
- staf Old Danish
- buok Elfdalian
- ᛋᛏᚼᛒᚼ Proto-Norse