Old Norse bókstafr

← Proto-Germanic *bōkstabaz (inherited)

← Proto-Indo-European *stebʰ- (root)

← Old Norse bók (compound)

← Old Norse stafr (compound)

→ Danish bogstav (derived)

→ Faroese bókstavur (derived)

→ Icelandic bókstafur (derived)

→ Norwegian Bokmål bokstav (derived)

→ Norwegian Nynorsk bokstav (derived)

→ Old Norse bók (link)

→ Swedish bokstav (inherited)