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Where does “boket” come from?

boket (Middle English) comes from Anglo-Norman buket, from Old French buc, from Latin buccus, from Frankish bukk, from Proto-Germanic *bukkaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰuǵ-, from Proto-North Caucasian bVχc̣V, from Proto-North Caucasian bVc̣V — young he-goat.

Ancestry of “boket”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Anglo-Normanbukettub, pail; bucket
2Old Frenchbucabdomen; object with a cavity; trunk, torso;...
3Latinbuccushe-goat
4Frankishbukkmale goat; buck, goat; buck, male goat
5Proto-Germanic*bukkaz—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰuǵ-buck, he-goat
7Proto-North CaucasianbVχc̣V—
8Proto-North CaucasianbVc̣Vyoung he-goat

Words derived from “boket”

  • bucket
  • bucketful
  • gutbucket
  • bucketload
  • rustbucket
  • bucketlike
  • scumbucket
  • bucketwheel
  • bucketless
  • slimebucket
  • sleazebucket
  • shitbucket
  • bucketeer
  • lardbucket
  • scruffbucket
  • chumbucket
  • cumbucket
  • bucketize
  • bucketball
  • kick the bucket
  • bucketeering
  • bucket shop
  • turdbucket
  • bucketry
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