Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bukk

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bukkaz.

Noun

*bukk m

1. buck, male goat

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*bukk
Genitive	*bokkas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*bukk	*bokkō, *bokkōs
Accusative	*bukk	*bokkā
Genitive	*bokkas	*bokkō
Dative	*bukkē	*bukkum
Instrumental	*bukku	*bukkum

Derived terms

• *bukkīn

Related terms

• *bukkō

Descendants

• Old English: bucc, buc
  • Middle English: bukke, bucke, buk, bocke, bucce, boke, buc
    • English: buck
    • Scots: buk, buke, buik
    • Yola: buch
• Old Frisian: *buk, *bok
  • Saterland Frisian: Buk
  • West Frisian: bok
• Old Saxon: bukk, buk
  • Middle Low German: buk, buck, bok
    • Low German: Buck
• Old Dutch: buc
  • Middle Dutch: boc, buc
    • Dutch: bok (see there for further descendants)
    • Limburgish: bók
    • West Flemish: buk
• Old High German: buk, buc, bok, boch, poch
  • Middle High German: boc
    • German: Bock
    • Luxembourgish: Bock
  • ⇒ Old High German: steinbok
    • Middle High German: steinboc
      • → Italian: stambecco
    • → Dutch: steenbok
      • Afrikaans: steenbok
        • → English: steenbok
    • → Old French: estainbouc, boc estaign
      • Middle French: boucquin, bukestein, boucastain, bouquestain
        • Middle French: bouquin, bouquetin
          • French: bouquin, bouquetin
          • → English: bouquetin
• → Medieval Latin: buccus (confluence with Gaulish *bukkos) (see there for further descendants)