bouk
Middle English
/buːk/
noun
Definitions
- belly, stomach
- body (especially a corpse)
- The main portion of a structure
Etymology
Inherited from Old English būc (belly, trunk, pitcher, stomach, container, vessel) inherited from Proto-Germanic *būkaz (belly, body, stomach, abdomen, torso, trunk).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*būkaz
Gloss
belly, body, stomach, abdomen, torso, trunk
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
腹, 胃
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bok English
- bouk English
- bucket English
- buckwagon English
- phalangem Latin
- sufflamen Latin
- bok Dutch, Flemish
- φάλαγξ Ancient Greek
- φᾰ́λᾰγξ Ancient Greek
- *bʰelǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰōw- Proto-Indo-European
- *balkô Proto-Germanic
- *blukką Proto-Germanic
- *bukkaz Proto-Germanic
- *bulkô Proto-Germanic
- *būkaz Proto-Germanic
- buc Old English
- būc Old English
- buc Middle English
- buk Middle English
- búkr Old Norse
- būh Old High German
- bok Afrikaans
- reebok Afrikaans
- voorbok Afrikaans
- *𐌱𐌿𐌺𐍃 Gothic
- būc Old Dutch
- būk Old Dutch
- buk, būk Old Saxon
- būk Old Saxon
- bouk Scots
- *būk Frankish
- *būk, *buk Frankish
- trabucar Old Occitan
- būk Old Frisian
- ibhokhwe Xhosa
- *bliga Proto-Albanian