Where does “budger” come from?
budger (English) comes from English budge, from French bouger, from Old French bougier, from Vulgar Latin bullicare, from Latin bulliō, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
budger (English): One who budges
Ancestry of “budger”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | budge | To move; To yield in one’s opinions or beliefs;... |
| 2 | French | bouger | to move |
| 3 | Old French | bougier | — |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | bullicare | to bubble; seethe; move; stir; present active... |
| 5 | Latin | bulliō | — |
| 6 | Latin | -iō | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | -jō | Forms agent nouns from verbs |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |