Where does “Buck” come from?

Buck (Plautdietsch) comes from Middle Low German bûk, from Old Saxon būk, from Proto-West Germanic *būk, from Proto-Germanic būkaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōw- — to inflate, swell; to swell, grow, thrive, be,...

Buck (Plautdietsch): stomach, belly, tummy, abdomen

Definitions

  1. stomach, belly, tummy, abdomen

Ancestry of “Buck”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanbûkstomach, belly, abdomen, torso
2Old Saxonbūk—
3Proto-West Germanic*būk—
4Proto-Germanicbūkazbelly, abdomen; body
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōw-to inflate, swell; to swell, grow, thrive, be,...

Words derived from “Buck”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōw- →Every word from Proto-Germanic būkaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *būk →