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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bǫkъ

This Proto-Slavic 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-Slavic

Etymology

Of onomatopoeic origin, related to Proto-Slavic *bǫkati, *bukati (“to rattle, to bang”). Compare Proto-Slavic *žukъ (“bettle”) from *žužati (“to buzz”).

Noun

*bǫkъ m

  1. buzzer
  2. buzzing insect, bumblebee
    Synonyms: *bǫbarъ, *žukъ, *ovadъ

Inflection

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Derived terms
  • *bǫkařь (“bettle”)
  • *bǫkačь, *bǫkačьka (“bug”)

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • ⇒ Russian: бука́шка (bukáška, “bug, insect”) (colloquial); бука́ра (bukára)/буха́ра (buxára, “bumblebee”) (dialectal)
    • ⇒ Ukrainian: бука́рка (bukárka, “bettle”)
  • South Slavic:
    • ⇒? Bulgarian: бъ́кел (bǎ́kel, “clue”)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: бу̑к (“bang”)
      Latin script: bȗk (“bang”)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: buok, búk
    • Kashubian: bączk
    • Old Polish: bąk
    • Slovak: buk (dialectal)
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: buk (“gadfly”) (archaic)

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “букашка”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. & suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bǫkъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), issue 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 235
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