myEtymology.com: English etymology of bookshelf

Etymology of the English word bookshelf

the English word bookshelf

derived from the English word book

derived from the English word bok

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bhago-

derived from the Proto-Germanic root *bokiz

derived from the English word shelf

derived from the Proto-Germanic root *skelf-

derived from the Low German word schelf

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *skel-