Where does “bubi” come from?

bubi (Hungarian) 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.

bubi (Hungarian): little boy, laddie; jack, knave; bob haircut, bob

Definitions

  1. little boy, laddie; jack, knave; bob haircut, bob

Ancestry of “bubi”, 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 “bubi”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰā- →