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Where does “bucc” come from?

bucc (Old English) comes from Old English tūn, from Proto-West Germanic tūn, from Proto-Germanic tūną, from Gaulish dunum, from Proto-Celtic dūnom, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- — smoke; mist, haze.

bucc (Old English): buck; Alternative form of būc

Definitions

  1. buck; Alternative form of būc

Ancestry of “bucc”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishtūnenclosure, yard; place; dwelling
2Proto-West Germanictūnfence
3Proto-Germanictūnąfence; enclosure
4Gaulishdunumfort; hill, hillfort
5Proto-Celticdūnomstronghold, rampart
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze

Words derived from “bucc”

  • bucket
  • buck
  • bucks
  • buckle
  • buckling
  • buckskin
  • bucking
  • buckboard
  • buckshot
  • bucketful
  • roebuck
  • buckthorn
  • unbuckle
  • bucktail
  • bushbuck
  • turnbuckle
  • buckhorn
  • reedbuck
  • blackbuck
  • sawbuck
  • postbuckling
  • megabucks
  • bucktoothed
  • humbucker
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