Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/būkaz

This Proto-Germanic 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-Germanic

Etymology

Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰōw-go-s, from a root *bʰew- (“to swell, inflate”); (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) however, the existence of this root is in doubt, and it is likely that most, if not all, of its supposed descendants are independent onomatopoeic and sound-symbolic formations, which Orel appears to implicitly espouse.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbuː.kɑz/

Noun

*būkaz m

  1. belly, abdomen
    Synonyms: *hrefaz, *magô, *wambō
  2. body
    Synonym: *hrefaz

Inflection

Declension of *būkaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *būkaz *būkōz, *būkōs
vocative *būk *būkōz, *būkōs
accusative *būką *būkanz
genitive *būkas, *būkis *būkǫ̂
dative *būkai *būkamaz
instrumental *būkō *būkamiz

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*ƀūkaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 64-5
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