Where does “bucha” come from?

bucha (Portuguese) comes from Middle French bousche, from Vulgar Latin bosca, from Frankish bosc, from Proto-Germanic buskaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰuH- — to become, grow, appear.

bucha (Portuguese): wad; tampion; loofah

Definitions

  1. wad; tampion; loofah

Ancestry of “bucha”, step by step

bucha traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle French bousche

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchbouschehandful of straw, bundle of twigs
2Vulgar Latinboscabrush, bundle of branches; firewood
3Frankishboscbush
4Proto-Germanicbuskazbush; thicket
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰuH-to become, grow, appear

via Ukrainian Бу́ча

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1UkrainianБу́ча—

Words derived from “bucha”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰuH- →Every word from Proto-Germanic buskaz →Every word from Frankish bosc →