бук и буква

[elina_w]

Да, так и есть

Из бука делались рунические таблички.

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[ex-ilyavinar899.livejournal.com]

From an etymological perspective, book and beech are branches of the same tree. The Germanic root of both words is *bk-, ultimately from an Indo-European root meaning “beech tree.” The Old English form of book is bc, from Germanic *bk-, “written document, book.” The Old English form of beech is bce, from Germanic *bk-jn, “beech tree,” because the early Germanic peoples used strips of beech wood to write on. A similar semantic development occurred in Latin. The Latin word for book is liber, whence library. Liber, however, originally meant “bark”—that is, the smooth inner bark of a tree, which the early Romans likewise used to write on.

[elina-w.livejournal.com]

Ëàòèíñêàÿ ïàðàëëåëü ïðåëüñòèòåëüíà, ñïàñèáî! Ýòî èç êàêîãî–òî ýòèìîëîãè÷åñêîãî ñëîâàðÿ?

[ex-ilyavinar899.livejournal.com]

Да, The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language.