Where does “bocka av” come from?
bocka av (Swedish) comes from Swedish bock, from Old Swedish [[bukker]], [[bokker]], 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.
bocka av (Swedish): to check off, to tick off (mark with a tick on a list or the like to mark as dealt with or the like, sometimes figuratively)
Definitions
- to check off, to tick off (mark with a tick on a list or the like to mark as dealt with or the like, sometimes figuratively)
Ancestry of “bocka av”, step by step
bocka av traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish bock
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | bock | a buck; the male of goat and deer; the tick mark... |
| 2 | Old Swedish | [[bukker]], [[bokker]] | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | [[bokkr]], [[bukkr]] | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *bukkaz | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰuǵ- | buck, he-goat |
| 6 | Proto-North Caucasian | bVχc̣V | — |
| 7 | Proto-North Caucasian | bVc̣V | young he-goat |