Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bǫkъ
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Proto-Slavic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Of onomatopoeic origin, related to Proto-Slavic *bǫkati, *bukati (“to rattle, to bang”). Compare Proto-Slavic *žukъ (“bettle”) from *žužati (“to buzz”).
Noun[edit]
*bǫkъ m
Inflection[edit]
Declension of *bǫkъ (hard o-stem)
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
- *bǫbarъ (“bettle”)
Descendants[edit]
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading[edit]
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “букашка”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bǫkъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 235