Where does “bokkr” come from?

bokkr (Old Norse) 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.

Ancestry of “bokkr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicbukkazbuck
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰuǵ-ko-s—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰuǵ-buck, he-goat
4Proto-North CaucasianbVχc̣V—
5Proto-North CaucasianbVc̣Vyoung he-goat
Every word from Proto-North Caucasian bVc̣V →Every word from Proto-North Caucasian bVχc̣V →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰuǵ- →
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