Where does “Bockwurst” come from?
Bockwurst (German) comes 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, from Proto-North Caucasian bVc̣V — young he-goat.
Bockwurst (German): a sausage made from ground veal flavoured with...
Definitions
- a sausage made from ground veal flavoured with...
Ancestry of “Bockwurst”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | German | Bock | he-goat; buck; apparatus used for performing... |
| 2 | Middle High German | boc | — |
| 3 | Old High German | boc | buck |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | bukk | buck, male goat |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *bukkaz | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰuǵ- | buck, he-goat |
| 7 | Proto-North Caucasian | bVχc̣V | — |
| 8 | Proto-North Caucasian | bVc̣V | young he-goat |
Words derived from “Bockwurst”