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This Proto-Slavic 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-Slavic
Etymology 1
Of onomatopoeic origin.
Noun
*bukъ m
Alternative forms
- *buka f
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *bukъ | *buka | *buci |
| genitive | *buka | *buku | *bukъ |
| dative | *buku | *bukoma | *bukomъ |
| accusative | *bukъ | *buka | *buky |
| instrumental | *bukъmь, *bukomь* | *bukoma | *buky |
| locative | *bucě | *buku | *bucěxъ |
| vocative | *buče | *buka | *buci |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Related terms
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*bukъ II”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 91
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *bōkō (“beech”), with a secondary gender change, perhaps in analogy with the native terms Proto-Slavic *dǫbъ (“oak”), *grabrъ (“hornbeam”), *klenъ (“maple”). Probably from a West Germanic source.
Noun
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *bukъ | *bùka | *bùci |
| genitive | *bùka | *bùku | *bùkъ |
| dative | *bùku | *bùkoma | *bùkomъ |
| accusative | *bukъ | *bùka | *bùky |
| instrumental | *bùkъmь, *bùkomь* | *bùkoma | *bùkȳ |
| locative | *bùcě | *bùku | *bùcě̄xъ |
| vocative | *bùče | *bùka | *bùci |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
- → Lithuanian: bùkas
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “бук”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*bukъ I”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 90
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “бук”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 87
- “bukas”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė , 2007–2012