Where does “bubo” come from?

bubo (Esperanto) comes from German Bube, from Middle High German buobe, from Old High German Buobo, from Proto-West Germanic *babō, from Proto-Germanic bō-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰā- — to say.

bubo (Esperanto): urchin, waif, kid (living on street), gamin

Definitions

  1. urchin, waif, kid (living on street), gamin

Ancestry of “bubo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBubeknave; jack; boy; lad; rogue; villain; naughty...
2Middle High Germanbuobeknave
3Old High GermanBuobo—
4Proto-West Germanic*babō—
5Proto-Germanicbō-A stem meaning "father, brother, close male...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰā-to say

Words derived from “bubo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰā- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bō- →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *babō →