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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *pOgV
Meaning: deer, he-goat
Borean: Borean
Indo-European: *bhug'-
Altaic: *pŏ́gV ( ~ -u-)
References: ND 185 *bukEʡV 'billy goat, ram'.
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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *bhug'-
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Meaning: he-goat, ram
Old Indian: Gipsy buzni Ziege
Avestan: būza- `he-goat'
Other Iranian: NPers buz `goat'
Armenian: buc `lamb'
Germanic: *bukk-a- m., *bukk-an- m.
Celtic: MIr bocc, Ir boc; Corn boch, Cymr bwch, Bret bouc'h `козел'
Russ. meaning: скот (козел/баран)
References: WP II 189
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Germanic etymology :

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Proto-Germanic: *bukka-z, *bukkēn
Meaning: buck
IE etymology: IE etymology
Old Norse: bukk-r, bokk-r m. `Bock'
Norwegian: bokk, bukk
Swedish: bock
Danish: buk
Old English: buc, -es m. `buck, male-hirsch', bucca, -an m. `he-goat, buck'
English: buck
Old Saxon: buck
Middle Dutch: boc, buc
Dutch: bok M.
Old Franconian: buck
Middle Low German: buck
Old High German: boc, buc (9.Jh.)
Middle High German: boc (-ck-) st. m. 'bock; hölzernes gestell; ramme'
German: Bock m.
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Pokorny's dictionary :

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Number: 312
Root: bhū̆ĝo-s, Koseform bhukko-s
English meaning: goat
German meaning: `Bock'
Grammatical comments: (fem. auf `Ziege')
Material: Zigeun. buzni `Ziege'; av. būza m. `Ziegenbock', npers. buz `Ziege, Bock';

    arm. buz `Lamm';

    mir. bocc, pocc, nir. boc, poc, cymr. bwch, corn. boch, bret. bouc'h `Bock', dazu mir. boccānach `Gespenst';

    germ. *bukka- (nach Pedersen Litteris 7, 23 f. aus dem Kelt. entlehnt?) in aisl. bukkr, bokkr, bokki, ags. bucca, nengl. buck, ahd. mhd. boc, -ekes, nhd. Bock.

    Das im Konsonantismus abweichende ai. bukka-ḥ `Ziegenbock' (unbelegt) ist wohl von bukkati `bellt' (s. unter beu-1, bu-) beeinflußte hypochoristische Umbildung eines *bhūja- =av. būza-. Auch npers. dial. boča `junge Ziege', pām. buč, büč scheinen Ergebnis ähnlicher Umbildung zu sein.

References: WP. II 189 f., Pedersen Litteris 7, 23 f., Martinet Gémination 182.
Pages: 174
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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *pŏ́gV ( ~ -u-)
Nostratic: Nostratic
Meaning: deer (male)
Russian meaning: олень (самец)
Turkic: *bugu, -ra
Mongolian: *bojir
Tungus-Manchu: *pegu(le)-
Comments: KW 58, Лексика 152. A Western isogloss. High tone reconstructed because of Mong. *b-.
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Turkic etymology :

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Proto-Turkic: *bugu, -ra
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: 1 deer (male) 2 camel stallion
Russian meaning: 1 олень 2 самец верблюда
Old Turkic: buɣu 1 (13th c.), buɣura 2 (Orkh.)
Karakhanid: buɣra 2 (MK)
Turkish: buɣur 2, dial. buɣu 1
Middle Turkic: buɣu 1, buɣra, buɣur 2 (Pav. C.)
Uzbek: buɣu 1
Uighur: buɣu 1, (dial.) buɣra, boɣra 2
Sary-Yughur: pɨrɣa 2
Azerbaidzhan: buɣur 2
Turkmen: buɣra 2
Oyrat: bura 2
Yakut: būr 'male reindeer, male'
Dolgan: būr 'male reindeer'
Tuva: būra 2, būr 'male elk'
Kirghiz: būra 2
Kazakh: bura 2
Noghai: bora 2
Balkar: 1
Karakalpak: buwra 2
Comments: EDT 317-318, ЭСТЯ 2, 235-238, Лексика 152, Лексика 446-447, Stachowski 67. Turk. bugura > Mong. buɣura (see TMN 2, 296, Щербак 1997, 110). Щербак 1997, 201 considers Turkic *bugu to be borrowed from Mongolian buɣu 'male deer' (which may be true for some Kypchak forms: Kirgh. buɣu, Kaz. bŭɣɨ, Nogh., KKalp. buɣɨ), but in fact one can also think of a loan in the opposite direction: Turk. > Mong. buɣu (KW 58, MGCD 166), further > Evk. buɣu etc., see Doerfer MT 78. Turk. > Russ. Siber. burá 'female camel'; Mong. (Bur.) būra > Russ. Siber. búra id., see Аникин 142.
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Mongolian etymology :

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Proto-Mongolian: *bojir
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: male (of animals: elk, otter etc.)
Russian meaning: самец животных (лося, выдры и др.)
Written Mongolian: bojir (L 113)
Khalkha: bojr
Kalmuck: bȫlcǝn 'otter' (КРС 114)
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Tungus etymology :

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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *pegu(le)- ( / *po-)
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: young of elk, elk
Russian meaning: лосенок, лось
Evenki: hoglokān, heglen, hewlen
Comments: ТМС 2, 360. An Evk. word with probable external parallels; its relationship to a homophonous TM name of a constellation (Ursa Major or Minor) is not quite clear.
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Long-range etymologies :

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Borean (approx.) : PVKV
Meaning : goat, ram, deer
Eurasiatic : *pOgV
Afroasiatic : *baggaʕ(-Vr)-
African (misc.) : Bantu *-bògó 'buffalo' or *-pókụ̀ 'eland'.
Reference : ND 185.
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Afroasiatic etymology :

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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *baggaʕ-
Meaning: goat, sheep
Borean etymology: Borean etymology
Berber: *bagug 'young ram, lamb'
Western Chadic: *(m)bag- 'sheep' 1, 'he-goat' 2
Central Chadic: *bag- 'sheep'
East Chadic: *bag- 'goat' 1, 'cattle' 2
Central Cushitic (Agaw): *baggā 'sheep, ram'
Omotic: *bagVy- 'goat' 1, 'sheep' 2
Notes: Cf. Eth *bag(g)iʕ- 'goat' (<*Cu.?). Cf. HSED, 44 (Brb., CCh., ECh.: Sbn.; CCu., Om.: Kf. + Bw. - not in Lamb. Bw.). Cf. Dolg ND 185
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Berber etymology :

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Proto-Berber: *bagug
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'young ram, lamb'
Nefusa: Cf. bḡu, pl. i-bḡi-in 'calf' Wölf. 1955, 58
Ghat: abaǯuǯ 'mouton chatre'
Ayr: a-băgog 'jeune mouton de 2 à 3 ans' Aloj., 4
Ahaggar (Tahaggart): a-baḡuḡ̄, pl. i-bḡâḡ 'agneau' F., 34; Taytoq abaz̀́uz̀́ 'mouton' Wölf. (jubaque)?
Tawllemmet: a-băgog 'jeune mouton de 2 à 3 ans' Aloj., 4
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West Chadic etymology :

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Proto-WChadic: *bag-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'sheep'
Mupun: m̀báak [FrM]
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Central Chadic etymology :

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Proto-CChadic: *bag-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'sheep'
Gude: bàgá [Hs]
Fali Jilvu: bǝ̀gà [Kr: 8]
Fali Muchella: bǝ̀gǝ [Kr: 18]
Fali Bwagira: bagǝ-n [Kr:28 ]
Mwulyen: ḿbága-tı́ [Kr: 58]
Bachama: m-baga-to [CLR: 291]
Bata: bāgé [CLR: 291]
Notes: cp. C 7MOF tù-báŋ, MATK tàmbàk [CLR: 291] < *ta-bVk ?
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East Chadic etymology :

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Proto-EChadic: *bag-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'goat' 1, 'cattle' 2
Sokoro: búgō 2 [Lk: 46]
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Central Cushitic (Agaw) etymology :

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Proto-Agaw: *baggā
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'sheep, ram' Cer. Kaf., 411; LGz., 88
Bilin: baggā 'pecora'
Khamir: begā
Khamta: bigā
Qwara: bagā
Qemant: bagā
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Omotic etymology :

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Proto-Omotic: *bagVy-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'goat' 1, 'sheep' 2
Kafa (Kaficho): bagē 1 'pecora' Cer. Kaf., 411
Mocha: bágo 2
Bworo (Shinasha): baggō 2
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