bukkr
Old Norse
Alternative forms
- bokkr
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *bukkaz (“buck”).
Noun
bukkr m
- buck (male deer)
Descendants
- Icelandic: bukkur, bokkur
- Faroese: bukkur
- Norwegian: bukk
- Old Swedish: bukker, bokker
- Swedish: bock
- → Finnish: pukki
- Danish: buk
References
- bukkr in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press