Proto-West Germanic

*baukn

‘sign, symbol, signal’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-West Germanic *baukn.

4 English words in this record descend from Proto-West Germanic *baukn, most familiar first.

• beacon ← beken ← bēacn
• beck ← bekken ← bekenen ← bēcnan
• beek ← beken ← bēacn
• beckon ← bekenen ← bēacnian ← *bauknōn

Etymograph / Proto-West Germanic *baukn