Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/bukkos
Proto-Celtic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *bʰuǵ- (“goat, buck, ram”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *bukkaz (“buck”), Old Armenian բուծ (buc, “lamb”), Persian بز (boz, “goat”), Avestan 𐬠𐬏𐬰𐬀 (būza, “ram”), Sanskrit बुख (bukha, “male goat”).
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Noun edit
*bukkos m[1]
Declension edit
Masculine o-stem | |||
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singular | dual | plural | |
nominative | *bukkos | *bukkou | *bukkoi |
vocative | *bukke | *bukkou | *bukkūs |
accusative | *bukkom | *bukkou | *bukkoms |
genitive | *bukkī | *bukkous | *bukkom |
dative | *bukkūi | *bukkobom | *bukkobos |
locative | *bukkei | *? | *? |
instrumental | *bukkū | *bukkobim | *bukkūis |
Descendants edit
- Proto-Brythonic: *bux
- Old Irish: boc, bocc
- Gaulish: *bukkos (possibly attested in personal name Buccos)
References edit
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 83