Where does “Bukovský” come from?
Bukovský (Czech) comes from Serbo-Croatian bukov, from Serbo-Croatian bȕkva, from Proto-Slavic buky, from Gothic 𐌱𐍉𐌺𐍉𐍃, from Proto-Germanic *bōkôs, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵoes.
Ancestry of “Bukovský”, step by step
Bukovský traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Serbo-Croatian bukov
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | bukov | beech; beechen |
| 2 | Serbo-Croatian | bȕkva | European beech (Fagus sylvatica) |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | buky | beech; letter |
| 4 | Gothic | 𐌱𐍉𐌺𐍉𐍃 | Nominative and accusative plural form of ????;... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *bōkôs | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | *bʰeh₂ǵoes | — |
via Czech ský
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Czech | ský | — |