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Where does “buobe” come from?

buobe (Middle High German) comes from Old High German Buobo, from Proto-West Germanic *babō, from Proto-Germanic bō-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰā- — to say.

buobe (Middle High German): knave

Definitions

  1. knave

Ancestry of “buobe”, step by step

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

Words derived from “buobe”

  • Bube
  • bubo
  • bubifrizura
  • bubi
  • Béifchen
  • Bouf
  • Bueb
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