English bookstave

← Old English bōcstæf (inherited)

← Danish bogstav (cognate)

← German Buchstabe (cognate)

← English book (compound)

← English stave (compound)

← English staff (mention)

← Middle English bocstaff (inherited)

← Middle English bocstaf (mention)

← Proto-Germanic *bōkastabaz (inherited)

← Dutch boekstaaf (cognate)

← Norwegian bokstav (cognate)

← Swedish bokstav (cognate)

→ German Buchstabe (mention)

→ Dutch boekstaaf (cognate)

→ Swedish bokstav (cognate)