Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bōks

Etymology
. Often linked to, though beechbark-writing, unlike , is not known, nor is it well imaginable that it was the time for bookfells made from beeches already. Connected by some to, ascribing to the word the meaning of “letter”, in the sense of merely one or few symbols; in older times, letters would have served as (allotted) ownership symbols, which would then have been generalized to any work with writing upon it.

Noun

 * 1) letter, written message, inscriptions carved into a flat object pressed together, “book”