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Where does “Bube” come from?

Bube (German) comes 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.

Bube (German): knave; jack; boy; lad; rogue; villain; naughty...

Definitions

  1. knave; jack; boy; lad; rogue; villain; naughty...

Ancestry of “Bube”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanbuobeknave
2Old High GermanBuobo—
3Proto-West Germanic*babō—
4Proto-Germanicbō-A stem meaning "father, brother, close male...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰā-to say

Words derived from “Bube”

  • bubo
  • bubi
  • bubifrizura
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