LL-L "Etymology" 2009.01.02 (02) [E]

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From: Luc Hellinckx <luc.hellinckx at gmail.com>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology"

Beste Ron,



You wrote:


I wrote regarding Romanian *buhai* and Ukrainian *бугай* (*buhaj*) 'friction
drum (possibly derived from cow's skin membrane):
It's Proto-Turkic **būka *with many Turkic descendants (e.g. Old Turkic *
buqa*, Modern Turkish *boa*) 'bull'. Gagauz has two forms: *bu**ɣ**a *~ *bua
*! Hungarian got *bika* from it.
This might be one of those words that suggests an ancient connections
between Altaic and Indo-European:

Indo-Eruopean: **bhugo*
Proto-Germanic: **bukkon*
Old Saxon: buc 'male goat' > 'buck'
Old Frankish: *bukk* 'male goat' > 'buck'
Old English *bucca* 'male goat' > 'buck'
Old German: *bok* 'male goat' > 'buck'
Old Norse: *bokki* 'male goat' > 'buck'

Avestan: *buza* 'male goat'
Armenian գառ *buc* 'lamb'



In modern Tajik (Khojand style), a male goat is still called "boozi narina",
so there you have a link with Avestan. A bull can be a "bukka" ("barzagov"
and "nargov", being synonyms); guess "bukka" should be interpreted as a
Turkic loanword though.



Speaking of Tajik and as it is the 2nd of January today, here's a link to a
Yaghnobi New Year's Song:



http://yaghnobi.wordpress.com/2008/12/01/nava-sol-nuborak-vot-a-yaghnobi-new-years-song/



Mark "nava", related to "new" and "sol" which means "year"; tempting to
connect that to "sun", but wrong I think.



By the way, the Yaghnobi have no precise date for New Year (traditionally
March 21st); it all depends on whether you're living on the sunny (March
12th) or the shady side (March 18th) of the valley.



Kind greetings,



Luc Hellinckx
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