Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/bukkos

This Proto-Celtic 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-Celtic

Etymology

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

*bukkos m

1. goat

   Synonym: *gabros

Declension

Masculine o-stem
	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

• Proto-Brythonic: *bux
  • Middle Breton: bouch
    • Breton: bouc'h
  • Old Cornish: boch
  • Middle Welsh: bwch
    • Welsh: bwch
• Old Irish: boc, bocc
  • Irish: boc
  • Scottish Gaelic: boc
• Gaulish: *bukkos (possibly attested in personal name Buccos)
  • → Medieval Latin: buccus (confluence with Frankish *bukk (“goat”)) (see there for further descendants)