Where does “Beffel” come from?
Beffel (Plautdietsch) comes from Middle Low German buffel, from Old French buffle, from Italian bufalo, from Vulgar Latin bufalus, from Latin būbalus, from Ancient Greek βούβαλος, from Ancient Greek βοῦς, from Latin corvus — army.
Beffel (Plautdietsch): buffalo
Definitions
- buffalo
Ancestry of “Beffel”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | buffel | — |
| 2 | Old French | buffle | — |
| 3 | Italian | bufalo | buffalo |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | bufalus | — |
| 5 | Latin | būbalus | antelope, gazelle |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | βούβαλος | A species of antelope, possibly the bubal... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | βοῦς | cow, ox, cattle; shield: ὃτι ἐκ βοείων ἐστι... |
| 8 | Latin | corvus | A raven; a bird associated with prophecy and... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | korwos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱorh₂wós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |