Where does “őzbak” come from?

őzbak (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian Bak, 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.

őzbak (Hungarian): roebuck

Definitions

  1. roebuck

Ancestry of “őzbak”, step by step

őzbak traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian Bak

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1HungarianBakCapricorn
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

via Hungarian őz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianőzroe deer
Every word from Proto-North Caucasian bVc̣V →Every word from Proto-North Caucasian bVχc̣V →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰuǵ- →