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Where does “bukara” come from?

bukara (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Italian bucchero, from Spanish búcaro, from Portuguese púcaro, from Old Portuguese pucaro, from Latin pōculum, from Proto-Italic pōtlom, from Proto-Indo-European péh₃tlom, from Proto-Indo-European peh₃- — to drink.

bukara (Serbo-Croatian): wooden or ceramic wine jug

Definitions

  1. wooden or ceramic wine jug

Ancestry of “bukara”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianbuccheroA type of odorous clay; A vase or other object...
2Spanishbúcaroclay; clay jug or vase
3Portuguesepúcaroa type of jug or mug, used for taking liquid from...
4Old Portuguesepucaro—
5Latinpōculum—
6Proto-Italicpōtlom—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpéh₃tlominstrument for drinking
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₃-to drink
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₃- →