Bueb

Etymology

From Middle High German buobe, from Old High German Buobo, a male given name from *buobo, from Proto-Germanic *bō- (“A stem meaning father, brother, close male relation”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰā-, *bʰāt- (“father, (elder) brother”). Compare German Bube (“(naughty) boy”), Pennsylvania German Buh (“boy”), Dutch boef (“rascal, thief”), German Low German Boov (“scoundrel, knave”), Saterland Frisian Baabe (“father, dad”), English babe (“baby”), and boy (“knave, boy”), Icelandic bófi (“bandit”), Faroese babba (“dad, daddy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buəb/

Noun

Bueb m (plural Buebe, diminutive Buebli or Büebli)

1. boy

References

• Abegg, Emil (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & co., page 29.