bouk

Meaning

Noun

• The belly.
• The trunk or torso of the body, hence the body itself.
• The carcass of a slaughtered animal.

Origin

• From Middle English bouk, from Old English būc, from Proto-Germanic *būkaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰōw-. Cognate with Scots bouk, bowk, buik, Dutch buik ("belly"), German Bauch ("belly"), Swedish buk ("belly, abdomen"), Norwegian Bokmål buk ("belly"), Icelandic búkur ("torso"). See also bucket.