köken: From the root ع ل ب (ʕ l b). Compared by Paul Haupt to Akkadian 𒀀𒆷𒈪𒌅 (a-la-mi-tu /alamittu, elamittu, alabattu/, “a kind of palm-tree”), as عُلْبَة (ʕulba), عَلَبَة (ʕalaba), collective عُلَب (ʕulab), is also recorded as the name of a tall palm-tree, from which the box would have been made; comparing also the vessel name Ancient Greek ἀλάβαστος (alábastos), ἀλάβαστρος (alábastros).
köken: Etymology tree Ancient Greek πῠ́ξος (pŭ́xos) Ancient Greek -ῐς (-ĭs) Ancient Greek πυξίς (puxís)bor. Late Latin buxisbor. Proto-West Germanic *buhsā Old High German buhsabor. Old Czech puška Czech puškabor. Polish puszka Borrowed from Czech puška. Doublet of boks.
köken: From Middle Dutch dōse, possibly via Middle Low German, ultimately from Late Latin dosis. Dutch doos is directly, and German Dose is indirectly, from the same source.
köken: From Baltic German Kämmerchen. Possibly an older Middle Low German loan, but it is unattested. See also kamber (“chamber”), which is the affixless version of this root.