Proto-Germanic
*baukną
‘beacon’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *baukną.
5 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *baukną, most familiar first.
- beacon ← beken ← bēacn ← *baukn
- beck ← bekken ← bekenen ← bēcnan ← *baukn
- buoy ← boy ← boeye ← boue ← *baukn
- beek ← beken ← bēacn ← *baukn
- beckon ← bekenen ← bēacnian ← *bauknōn ← *baukn
From Wiktionary, by Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); adapted. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *baukną