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English word origin

Etymology of buky

From Old Church Slavonic боукꙑ (buky), from Proto-Slavic *buky, from Proto-West Germanic *bōku. Doublet of beech.

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Unnumbered source etymology

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noun

Name of the letter b in Cyrillic and Glagolitic alphabets.

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From Old Church Slavonic боукꙑ (buky), from Proto-Slavic *buky, from Proto-West Germanic *bōku. Doublet of beech.

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