Isn't "book" borrowed from German ("buch")? | Hacker News

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		nikolay on Feb 27, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What Is Anglish? Isn't "book" borrowed from German ("buch")?

kzrdude on Feb 27, 2023 [–]

Probably common origin - i.e came to english before German as it is today existed.

Supposedly cognate with Beech (the tree) which is called bok (sv) and Buche (de)

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