Where does “bukk” come from?

bukk (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic *bukkaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰuǵ-, from Proto-North Caucasian bVχc̣V, from Proto-North Caucasian bVc̣V — young he-goat.

bukk (Proto-West Germanic): buck, male goat

Definitions

  1. buck, male goat

Ancestry of “bukk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*bukkaz—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰuǵ-buck, he-goat
3Proto-North CaucasianbVχc̣V—
4Proto-North CaucasianbVc̣Vyoung he-goat

Words derived from “bukk”

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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