Where does “bok” come from?
I can't write this etymology because the chain provided contains only circular repetitions (bunker, mate, bunker, mate, bunker, mate, bunker) with no actual origin information, and the headword "bok" doesn't appear in the chain at all. A valid etymology requires a clear language progression to an ultimate source with at least some attestable meaning.
bok (English): keen or willing; The clucking sound of a chicken
Definitions
- keen or willing; The clucking sound of a chicken
Ancestry of “bok”, step by step
bok traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Afrikaans bok
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afrikaans | bok | goat; antelope, buck; lover |
| 2 | Dutch | bok | male goat, buck, billy; vaulting horse; a crane... |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | boc | buck, male goat |
| 4 | Old Dutch | būc | buck, male goat |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | bukk | buck, male goat |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *bukkaz | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰuǵ- | buck, he-goat |
| 8 | Proto-North Caucasian | bVχc̣V | — |
| 9 | Proto-North Caucasian | bVc̣V | young he-goat |
via German Bock
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Bock | he-goat; buck; apparatus used for performing... |
| 2 | Romani | bokh | hunger |
| 3 | Sauraseni Prakrit | ???????? | hunger, wish to eat |
| 4 | Sanskrit | बुभुक्षा | desire of enjoying anything; wish to eat,... |
| 5 | Sanskrit | बुभुक्षति | wishes to eat |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰewg- | to flee; to enjoy, benefit |