Where does “Bock” come from?

Bock (Bavarian) comes from Middle High German boc, from Old High German boc, from Proto-West Germanic bukk, from Proto-Germanic *bukkaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰuǵ-, from Proto-North Caucasian bVχc̣V, from Proto-North Caucasian bVc̣V — young he-goat.

Bock (Bavarian): buck, ram; the male of certain animals, especially goat, sheep, and roedeer

Definitions

  1. buck, ram; the male of certain animals, especially goat, sheep, and roedeer

Ancestry of “Bock”, step by step

Bock traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle High German boc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanboc—
2Old High Germanbocbuck
3Proto-West Germanicbukkbuck, male goat
4Proto-Germanic*bukkaz—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰuǵ-buck, he-goat
6Proto-North CaucasianbVχc̣V—
7Proto-North CaucasianbVc̣Vyoung he-goat

via German Einbeck

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanEinbeck—
Every word from Proto-North Caucasian bVc̣V →Every word from Proto-North Caucasian bVχc̣V →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰuǵ- →