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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bukъ
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology 1
Of onomatopoeic origin.
Noun
*bukъ m
- echo, noise of splashing water
Alternative forms
- *buka f
Declension
Declension of *bukъ (hard o-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *bukъ | *buka | *buci |
| Accusative | *bukъ | *buka | *buky |
| Genitive | *buka | *buku | *bukъ |
| Locative | *bucě | *buku | *bucěxъ |
| Dative | *buku | *bukoma | *bukomъ |
| Instrumental | *bukъmь, *bukomь* | *bukoma | *buky |
| Vocative | *buče | *buka | *buci |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Related terms
- *bukati
- *bučiti
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: бꙋкъ (bukŭ)
- Russian: бук (buk) (dialectal)
- Old East Slavic: бꙋкъ (bukŭ)
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: бук (buk, “bang”) (dialectal)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: бу̑к
- Latin: bȗk
- Slovene: bȗk (dialectal)
- West Slavic:
- Czech: bouk, búk (dialectal)
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*bukъ II”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), volume 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 Western Germanic source[1].
Noun
*bukъ m[1]
- beech
Declension
Declension of *bukъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm a)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *bukъ | *bùka | *bùci |
| Accusative | *bukъ | *bùka | *bùky |
| Genitive | *bùka | *bùku | *bùkъ |
| Locative | *bùcě | *bùku | *bùcě̄xъ |
| Dative | *bùku | *bùkoma | *bùkomъ |
| Instrumental | *bùkъmь, *bùkomь* | *bùkoma | *bùkȳ |
| Vocative | *bùče | *bùka | *bùci |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Derived terms
- *bukovъ
- *bukovica (“beech wood”)
- *bukovina (“beech forest”)
Related terms
- *buky (“letter (sg.); documents (pl.)”)
- *bukъvica (“beech nut”)
- *bukařь (“book maker”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Belarusian: бук (buk)
- Russian: бук (buk)
- Ukrainian: бук (buk)
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: бук (buk)
- Macedonian: бук (buk)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: бу̏к (archaic)
- Latin: bȕk (archaic)
- West Slavic:
- Czech: buk
- Kashubian: bùk
- Polabian: bauk
- Polish: buk
- Slovak: buk
- Slovincian: bʉ̀k
- Sorbian:
- Upper Sorbian: buk
- Lower Sorbian: buk
- → Lithuanian: bùkas
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “бук”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*bukъ I”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), volume 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 90
- Georgiev V. I., editor (1971), “бук”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 87
- “bukas”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
References
- Pronk-Tiethoff, Saskia E. (2013) The Germanic loanwords in Proto-Slavic (in English), Amsterdam - New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 75