Where does “bouba” come from?

bouba (Galician) comes from Latin balbus, from Proto-Indo-European balb-.

bouba (Galician): lie, fib

Definitions

  1. lie, fib

Ancestry of “bouba”, step by step

bouba traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin balbus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinbalbusstammering, stuttering; lisping; fumbling
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbalb-—

via Medieval Latin bubo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinbubobubo
2Ancient Greekβουβώνgroin, abdomen; a bubo in the groin

Words derived from “bouba”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European balb- →Every word from Latin balbus →