Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/būkaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰōw- (“to swell, inflate”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbuː.kɑz/

Noun

*būkaz m

belly, abdomen
Synonym: *magô
body

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *būkaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*būkaz	būkōz, būkōs
vocative	*būk	būkōz, būkōs
accusative	*būką	*būkanz
genitive	būkas, būkis	*būkǫ̂
dative	*būkai	*būkamaz
instrumental	*būkō	*būkamiz

Descendants

Old English: būc, bucc
- Middle English: bouk
  - Scots: bouk, bowk, buik
  - English: bouk
- Anglo-Norman: buket, buquet
  - Scots: bucket
  - English: bucket
Old Frisian: būk
- Saterland Frisian: Buuk
- West Frisian: búk
Old Saxon: būk
- Middle Low German: bûk
  - German Low German: Buuk
  - Plautdietsch: Buck
Frankish: *būk
- Old Dutch: būc
  - Middle Dutch: buuc
    - Dutch: buik
      - Afrikaans: buik
- Late Latin: *bucus
  - Old French: buc
    - French: trébucher, trébuchet
  - Catalan: buc
  - Spanish: buque, trabuco, trabucar
  - Italian: buco, bucare
  - Occitan: buc, trabucar, trabuc, trabuquet
  - Anglo-Norman: buc
Old High German: būh, pūch
- Middle High German: būch
  - German: Bauch
  - Luxembourgish: Bauch
  - Yiddish: בויך‎ (boykh)
- Cimbrian: pauch
Old Norse: búkr
- Icelandic: búkur
- Faroese: búkur
- Norwegian: buk
- Old Swedish: būker
  - Swedish: buk
- Danish: bug