Where does “Bucca” come from?

Bucca (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic bukkô, from Proto-Indo-European bʰugo- — buck.

Bucca (Old English): he-goat

Definitions

  1. he-goat

Ancestry of “Bucca”, step by step

Bucca traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic bukkô

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-GermanicbukkôAlternative form of *bukkaz; buck; male goat
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰugo-buck

via Proto-West Germanic *bukkō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*bukkōbuck

Words derived from “Bucca”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰugo- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bukkô →