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Where does “[[boc]], [[pocc]], [[poc]]” come from?

[[boc]], [[pocc]], [[poc]] (Middle Irish) comes from Old English Bucca, from Proto-Germanic bukkô, from Proto-Indo-European bʰugo- — buck.

Ancestry of “[[boc]], [[pocc]], [[poc]]”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old EnglishBucca—
2Proto-GermanicbukkôAlternative form of *bukkaz; buck; male goat
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰugo-buck
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰugo- →