Where does “bukk” come from?
bukk (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Old Norse bukkr, from Proto-Germanic *bukkaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰuǵ-, from Proto-North Caucasian bVχc̣V, from Proto-North Caucasian bVc̣V — young he-goat.
bukk (Norwegian Nynorsk): a buck
Ancestry of “bukk”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | bukkr | buck |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | *bukkaz | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰuǵ- | buck, he-goat |
| 4 | Proto-North Caucasian | bVχc̣V | — |
| 5 | Proto-North Caucasian | bVc̣V | young he-goat |
Words derived from “bukk”