Where does “bukik” come from?
bukik (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian buki, from English bookie, from English bookmaker, from English maker, from Middle English maker, from Middle English maken, from Old English macian, from Emilian mâcia — smear, rub.
bukik (Hungarian): to fall, tumble; nominative plural of buki
Definitions
- to fall, tumble; nominative plural of buki
Ancestry of “bukik”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | buki | bookie, bookmaker |
| 2 | English | bookie | A bookmaker, being a person who, or business... |
| 3 | English | bookmaker | A person who prints or binds books; A person who... |
| 4 | English | maker | Someone who makes; a person or thing that makes... |
| 5 | Middle English | maker | God as creator of all; Someone who makes; a... |
| 6 | Middle English | maken | To make or create; to have something made |
| 7 | Old English | macian | to make |
| 8 | Emilian | mâcia | spot, stain |
| 9 | Latin | Macula | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | smh₁-tleh₂ | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | smeh₁- | smear, rub |