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

buzzer
buzzing insect, bumblebee
Synonyms: *bǫbarъ, *žukъ, *ovadъ

Inflection

Declension of *bǫkъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bǫkъ	*bǫka	*bǫci
genitive	*bǫka	*bǫku	*bǫkъ
dative	*bǫku	*bǫkoma	*bǫkomъ
accusative	*bǫkъ	*bǫka	*bǫky
instrumental	bǫkъmь, bǫkomь^*	*bǫkoma	*bǫky
locative	*bǫcě	*bǫku	*bǫcěxъ
vocative	*bǫče	*bǫka	*bǫci

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Derived terms

*bǫkařь (“bettle”)
*bǫkačь, *bǫkačьka (“bug”)

Related terms

*bǫbarъ (“bettle”)

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
- Old Polish: bąk
  - Polish: bąk
  - Silesian: bōnk
- Slovak: buk (dialectal)
- Pomeranian:
  - Kashubian: bąk
  - Slovincian: bõk
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: buk (“gadfly”) (archaic)

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