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Where does “steinbock” come from?

steinbock (English) comes from German Steinbock, from German Bock, 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 — young he-goat.

steinbock (English): A type of ibex

Definitions

  1. A type of ibex

Ancestry of “steinbock”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSteinbockibex; Capricorn
2GermanBockhe-goat; buck; apparatus used for performing...
3Middle High Germanboc—
4Old High Germanbocbuck
5Proto-West Germanicbukkbuck, male goat
6Proto-Germanic*bukkaz—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰuǵ-buck, he-goat
8Proto-North CaucasianbVχc̣V—
9Proto-North CaucasianbVc̣Vyoung he-goat
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