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

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, bocke, boke, buc, bucce, bucke, buk
  - 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, Bock
Old Dutch: buk, 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)