Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/būkōn

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.

Unknown; possibly related to *bōku (“beech”), *bōkijā (“beech”), lye being commonly made from beech ash.^[1] Perhaps cognate with Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐌱𐌰𐌿𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (usbaugjan, “to sweep”).

*būkōn^[2][3]

1. to soak (esp. in beech lye)

• Old Dutch: *būkōn (“to soak, wash”)
  • Middle Dutch: bûken (“to wash in beech lye”)
    • → Middle English: bouken (“to soak in a lye solution”)^[4]
      • English: buck
• Old High German: *būkōn
  • Middle High German: būchen, biuchen (“to wash out with lye”) (late)
    • German: bauchen, bäuchen
• → Vulgar Latin: *būcō (“to soak, wash”)^[5]
  • Old French: buer
    • French: buer
  • ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *būcāta (“laundry”, literally “soaked”)^[2][5]
    • Old French: buee
      • Middle French: buée
        • French: buée
      • Norman:

        Jersey Norman: buâie

    • Old Occitan: bugada
      • Catalan: bugada
      • → Franco-Provençal:^[5]

        Savoyard: boya

    • Italian: bucato