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

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *baukną