Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bukkô

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

See *bukkaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuk.kɔːː/

Noun

*bukkô m

1. Alternative form of *bukkaz (“buck”)

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *bukkô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*bukkô	*bukkaniz
vocative	*bukkô	*bukkaniz
accusative	*bukkanų	*bukkanunz
genitive	*bukkiniz	*bukkanǫ̂
dative	*bukkini	*bukkammaz
instrumental	*bukkinē	*bukkammiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *bukkō
  • Old English: bucca
    • Middle English: bukke, bucke, buk, bocke, bucce, boke, buc
      • English: buck
      • Scots: buk, buke, buik
      • Yola: buch
• Old Norse: bokki
  • Icelandic: bokki
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bokke