köken: Recorded in Astrakhan and among Greben Cossacks. Discernably, a transferred meaning of Kalmyk лох (lox, “aloe vera”), which relates through the Kalmyk home in Dzungaria to Chinese 蘆薈／芦荟 (lúhuì, “aloe vera”), see it for more.
köken: Unknown. First attested in the 20th century. * Bruckner suggests a derivation from bucefał; supprted by Karłowicz, Sławski, and Długosz-Kurczabowa. * Bańkowksi suggests a derivation from dialectal German *Bandspfahl, from Band (“bonds”) + Pfahl (“pole”).