Where does “buxería” come from?
buxería (Galician) comes from French boucherie, from French boucher, from Old French bouchier, from Old French bouc, from Latin buccus, from Frankish bukk, from Proto-Germanic *bukkaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰuǵ- — young he-goat.
buxería (Galician): a butcher's shop
Definitions
- a butcher's shop
Ancestry of “buxería”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | boucherie | butchershop; butchery, butchering; bloodbath,... |
| 2 | French | boucher | butcher; to cork up; to bung |
| 3 | Old French | bouchier | butcher |
| 4 | Old French | bouc | goat |
| 5 | Latin | buccus | he-goat |
| 6 | Frankish | bukk | male goat; buck, goat; buck, male goat |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *bukkaz | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰuǵ- | buck, he-goat |
| 9 | Proto-North Caucasian | bVχc̣V | — |
| 10 | Proto-North Caucasian | bVc̣V | young he-goat |