Where does “[[bukker]], [[bokker]]” come from?
[[bukker]], [[bokker]] (Old Swedish) comes from Old Norse [[bokkr]], [[bukkr]], from Proto-Germanic *bukkaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰuǵ-, from Proto-North Caucasian bVχc̣V, from Proto-North Caucasian bVc̣V — young he-goat.
Ancestry of “[[bukker]], [[bokker]]”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | [[bokkr]], [[bukkr]] | — |
| 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 |