Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/buga

Etymology
From, of origin:


 * Vasmer, Georgiev: From . Cognate with 🇨🇬 and akin to 🇨🇬 whence 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.
 * W. Osten-Sacken: Reflecting an underlying, from , perhaps a nasalized biform of . Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, possibly further akin to 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. Usually met with scepticism by other Slavists, but note nonetheless regional 🇨🇬 - per Vasmer, likely a derivative of descendant 🇨🇬.

Unclear if related to either of 🇨🇬, dial. 🇨🇬 (seemingly cognate with 🇨🇬); 🇨🇬; or hydronym, whence Western Bug, Southern Bug.

Noun

 * 1) low riverbank
 * 2) wetland, slough, marsh per Georgiev (BER): originally sharp riparian bend where water subsides after flood
 * → drenching, grime, mold
 * → ooze, mudge, soft silt
 * → ooze, mudge, soft silt

Descendants

 * East Slavic:
 * South Slavic:
 * Serbian:, possibly
 * Serbian:, possibly
 * Serbian:, possibly
 * Serbian:, possibly