*būkaz

Runic: ᛒᚢᚲᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈbuː.kɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

belly, abdomen
body

Etymology

Uncertain. Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰōw-g-o-s, from a root *bʰew- (‘to swell, inflate’), however, the existence of this root is in doubt. The word has no secure cognates outside Proto-Germanic; a pre-Germanic substrate origin or an expressive formation cannot be excluded.

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	būkaz	būkōz, būkōs
Acc.	būką	būkanz
Gen.	būkas, būkis	būkǫ̂
Dat.	būkai	būkamaz
Inst.	būkō	būkamiz
Voc.	būk	būkōz, būkōs

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Descendants

*būk (Proto-West Germanic)
- būk, būc (Old Dutch)
  - boc, buc (Middle Dutch)
    - bok (Dutch)
    - bók (Limburgish)
    - buk (West Flemish)
*būk (Proto-West Germanic)
- būc, būcc (Old English)
  - buket, buquet (Anglo-Norman)
    - bucket (English)
    - bucket (Scots)
*būk (Proto-West Germanic)
- būc, būcc (Old English)
  - bouk (Middle English)
    - bouk (English)
    - bouk, bowk, buik (Scots)
*būk (Proto-West Germanic)
- būk (Old Frisian)
  - Buuk (Saterland Frisian)
  - búk (West Frisian)
*būk (Proto-West Germanic)
- būh, pūch (Old High German)
  - būch (Middle High German)
    - Bauch (German)
    - Bauch (Luxembourgish)
    - בויך (boykh) (Yiddish)
*būk (Proto-West Germanic)
- būk (Old Saxon)
  - bûk (Middle Low German)
    - Buck (Plautdietsch)
*būk (Proto-West Germanic)
- būk (Old Saxon)
  - bûk (Middle Low German)
    - Buuk, Buk (Low German)
      - Buuk, Buk (Low German)
búkr (Old Norse)
- bug (Danish)
- búkur (Faroese)
- búkur (Icelandic)
- buk (Norwegian Bokmål)
- buk (Norwegian Nynorsk)
búkr (Old Norse)
- būker (Old Swedish)
  - buk (Swedish)

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