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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bukъ

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 1

Of onomatopoeic origin.

Noun

*bukъ m

  1. echo, noise of splashing water
Alternative forms
  • *buka f
Declension
Declension of *bukъ (hard o-stem)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *bukъ *buka *buci
Accusative *bukъ *buka *buky
Genitive *buka *buku *bukъ
Locative *bucě *buku *bucěxъ
Dative *buku *bukoma *bukomъ
Instrumental *bukъmь, *bukomь* *bukoma *buky
Vocative *buče *buka *buci
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
  • *bukati
  • *bučiti
Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: бꙋкъ (bukŭ)
      • Russian: бук (buk) (dialectal)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: бук (buk, “bang”) (dialectal)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: бу̑к
      Latin: bȗk
    • Slovene: bȗk (dialectal)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *bōkō (“beech”), with a secondary gender change, perhaps in analogy with the native terms Proto-Slavic *dǫbъ (“oak”), *grabrъ (“hornbeam”), *klenъ (“maple”). Probably from a Western Germanic source[1].

Noun

*bukъ m[1]

  1. beech
Declension
Declension of *bukъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm a)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *bukъ *bùka *bùci
Accusative *bukъ *bùka *bùky
Genitive *bùka *bùku *bùkъ
Locative *bùcě *bùku *bùcě̄xъ
Dative *bùku *bùkoma *bùkomъ
Instrumental *bùkъmь, *bùkomь* *bùkoma *bùkȳ
Vocative *bùče *bùka *bùci
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Derived terms
  • *bukovъ
    • *bukovica (“beech wood”)
    • *bukovina (“beech forest”)
  • *buky (“letter (sg.); documents (pl.)”)
  • *bukařь (“book maker”)
Descendants
  • East Slavic:
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: buk
    • Kashubian: bùk
    • Polabian: bauk
    • Polish: buk
    • Slovak: buk
    • Slovincian: bʉ̀k
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: buk
      • Lower Sorbian: buk

Further reading

References
  1. Pronk-Tiethoff, Saskia E. (2013) The Germanic loanwords in Proto-Slavic‎ (in English), Amsterdam - New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 75
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