bucc

Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *bukk, from Proto-Germanic *bukkaz (“male deer”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuǵ- (“ram”). Akin to Old High German boc, Old Norse bukkr, Old English bucca (“buck, male goat”).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bukk/, [buk]

Noun

bucc m

  1. buck (male deer)
Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative bucc buccas
accusative bucc buccas
genitive bucces bucca
dative bucce buccum
Descendants
  • Middle English: bukke, bocke, boke, buc, bucce, bucke, buk
    • English: buck
    • Scots: buk, buke, buik
    • Yola: buch

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *būk, from Proto-Germanic *būkaz (“belly, stomach”); perhaps representing a corruption of a diminutive ( +‎ -uc) from Proto-West Germanic *būkuk (“miniature vessel”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /buːkk/, [buːk]

Noun

būcc m

  1. alternative form of būc (“belly”)
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