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
Ancestry of “Bouf”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle High German | buobe | knave |
| 2 | Old High German | Buobo | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *babō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | bō- | A stem meaning "father, brother, close male... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰā- | to say |
Words derived from “Bouf”