Where does “bub” come from?
I can't write this etymology with confidence because the chain provided doesn't coherently connect to "bub" in English. The chain shows "brother" → "brother" → Yiddish באָבע (bobe, "grandmother") → Middle French through Latin suffixes, which doesn't trace a word meaning or path to "bub."
To write an accurate one-sentence etymology, I would need:
- A chain that actually leads to "bub"
- Clarity on whether this traces to Yiddish "bube/bubba" (informal for brother/dad) or another source
- Confirmed meanings at each step
Could you verify the etymological chain for "bub"?
bub (English): An alcoholic malt liquor, especially beer; A...
Definitions
- An alcoholic malt liquor, especially beer; A...
Ancestry of “bub”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | brother | Son of the same parents as another person; A male... |
| 2 | Middle English | brother | A :brother or brother-in-law; a male sibling; A ... |
| 3 | Old English | brōþor | brother |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | brōþer | brother |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | brōþēr | brother |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰréh₂tēr | brother |