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