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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">From: R. F. Hahn <<a href="mailto:sassisch@yahoo.com" target="_blank">sassisch@yahoo.com</a>><br>
Subject: Etymology<br>
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I wrote regarding Romanian <i>buhai</i> and Ukrainian </span><i><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="NL">бугай</span></i><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"> (<i>buhaj</i>) 'friction drum
(possibly derived from cow's skin membrane):</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">It's
Proto-Turkic *<i>būka </i>with many Turkic descendants (e.g. Old Turkic <i>buqa</i>,
Modern Turkish <i>boa</i>) 'bull'. Gagauz has two forms: <i>bu</i></span><i><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">ɣ</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">a </span></i><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">~ <i>bua</i>! Hungarian
got <i>bika</i> from it.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">This might be one of those
words that suggests an ancient connections between Altaic and Indo-European: <br>
<br>
Indo-Eruopean: *<span class="foreign"><i>bhugo</i></span><br>
Proto-Germanic: <span class="foreign">*<i>bukkon</i></span><br>
<span class="foreign">Old Saxon: buc 'male goat' > 'buck'</span><br>
<span class="foreign">Old Frankish: <i>bukk</i> 'male goat' > 'buck'</span><br>
Old English <span class="foreign"><i>bucca</i> 'male goat' > 'buck'</span><br>
Old German: <i>bok</i> <span class="foreign">'male goat' > 'buck'</span><br>
Old Norse: <i>bokki</i> <span class="foreign">'male goat' > 'buck'</span><br>
<br>
<span class="foreign">Avestan: <i>buza</i> 'male goat'</span><br>
<span class="foreign">Armenian </span></span><span class="term"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Sylfaen;">գառ</span></span><span class="term"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></span><span class="foreign"><i><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">buc</span></i></span><span class="foreign"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"> 'lamb'</span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
Reinhard/Ron </span></p>