Where does “Bouf” come from?

Bouf (Luxembourgish) 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.

Bouf (Luxembourgish): boy, lad; son

Definitions

  1. boy, lad; son

Ancestry of “Bouf”, 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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰā- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bō- →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *babō →