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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old English | Bucca | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | bukkô | Alternative form of *bukkaz; buck; male goat |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰugo- | buck |