bukkr

Old Norse

Alternative forms

bokkr

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bukkaz (“buck”).

Noun

bukkr m

buck (male deer)

Descendants

Icelandic: bukkur, bokkur
Faroese: bukkur
Norwegian: bukk
Old Swedish: bukker, bokker
- Swedish: bock
- → Finnish: pukki
Danish: buk

References

bukkr in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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