Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bukkaz

This Proto-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-Germanic

Alternative reconstructions

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰuǵ-ko-s, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuǵ- (“goat, buck, ram”).[1] Cognate with Proto-Celtic *bukkos (“goat”), Old Armenian բուծ (buc, “lamb”), Persian بز (boz, “goat”), Avestan 𐬠𐬏𐬰𐬀 (būza, “ram”), Sanskrit बुख (bukha, “male goat”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbuk.kɑz/

Noun

*bukkaz m[1]

  1. buck

Inflection

Declension of *bukkaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *bukkaz *bukkōz, *bukkōs
vocative *bukk *bukkōz, *bukkōs
accusative *bukką *bukkanz
genitive *bukkas, *bukkis *bukkǫ̂
dative *bukkai *bukkamaz
instrumental *bukkō *bukkamiz

Descendants

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*bukka(n)-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 82
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