Where does “bucca” come from?

bucca (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic bukkaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰuǵ-ko-s, from Proto-Indo-European bʰuǵ-, from Proto-North Caucasian bVχc̣V, from Proto-North Caucasian bVc̣V — young he-goat.

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 bukkaz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicbukkazbuck
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰuǵ-ko-s—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰuǵ-buck, he-goat
4Proto-North CaucasianbVχc̣V—
5Proto-North CaucasianbVc̣Vyoung he-goat

via Proto-Germanic bukkô

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

Words derived from “bucca”

Every word from Proto-North Caucasian bVc̣V →Every word from Proto-North Caucasian bVχc̣V →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰuǵ- →