From Middle Welsh buch, from Proto-Brythonic *bʉx, in turn modified from *bʉ (“cow”) under the influence of other animal names ending with *-x, such as *bux (“goat”), *hux (“pig”), *mox (“pigs”) (compare Breton buoc’h, Cornish bugh), from Proto-Celtic *bāus (“ox”) (compare Middle Welsh bu, Old Irish bó), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws.
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buwch f (plural buchod)
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
buwch | fuwch | muwch | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |