Where does “buceta” come from?

buceta (Galician) comes from Old Norse buza — big wide ship; a type of merchant ship.

buceta (Galician): a traditional fishboat characterized by having...

Definitions

  1. a traditional fishboat characterized by having...

Ancestry of “buceta”, step by step

buceta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Norse buza

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsebuzabig wide ship; a type of merchant ship

via Old Portuguese buxeta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesebuxeta
Every word from Old Norse buza
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