Where does “boc” come from?

boc (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch būc, 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.

boc (Middle Dutch): buck, male goat

Definitions

  1. buck, male goat

Ancestry of “boc”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchbūcbuck, male goat
2Proto-West Germanicbukkbuck, male goat
3Proto-Germanic*bukkaz—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰuǵ-buck, he-goat
5Proto-North CaucasianbVχc̣V—
6Proto-North CaucasianbVc̣Vyoung he-goat

Words derived from “boc”

Every word from Proto-North Caucasian bVc̣V →