bouk

English

/baʊk/

noun
Definitions
  • (UK) The belly.
  • (UK) The trunk or torso of the body, hence the body itself.
  • (UK) The carcass of a slaughtered animal.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English bouk (belly, trunk) inherited from Old English būc (belly, trunk, pitcher, stomach, container, vessel) inherited from Proto-Germanic *būkaz (belly, body, stomach, abdomen, torso, trunk) derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰōw- (swell, dwell, live, grow, be, thrive, blow).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*bʰōw-

Gloss

swell, dwell, live, grow, be, thrive, blow

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