Where does “Spitzbube” come from?

Spitzbube (German) 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.

Spitzbube (German): rascal

Definitions

  1. rascal

Ancestry of “Spitzbube”, step by step

Spitzbube traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Bube

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

via German spitz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanspitzpointed, pointy; sharp; spiky
2Old High Germanspizzi—

Words derived from “Spitzbube”

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