Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/bukkos

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This Proto-Celtic 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-Celtic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰuǵ- (goat, buck, ram). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *bukkaz (buck), Old Armenian բուծ (buc, lamb), Persian بز (boz, goat), Avestan 𐬠𐬏𐬰𐬀 (būza, ram), Sanskrit बुख (bukha, male goat).

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Noun

*bukkos m[1]

  1. goat
    Synonym: *gabros

Declension

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *bukkos *bukkou *bukkoi
vocative *bukke *bukkou *bukkoi
accusative *bukkom *bukkou *bukkoms
genitive *bukkī *bukkous *bukkom
dative *bukkūi *bukkobom *bukkobos
locative *bukkei *? *?
instrumental *bukkū *bukkobim *bukkūis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *bux
    • Middle Breton: bouch
    • Old Cornish: boch
    • Middle Welsh: bwch
  • Old Irish: boc, bocc
    • Irish: boc
    • Scottish Gaelic: boc
  • Gaulish: *bukkos (possibly attested in personal name Buccos)
    • Medieval Latin: buccus (confluence with Frankish *bukk (goat)) (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 83