bueb

See also: Bueb

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Middle High German buobe (“knave”), from Old High German Buobo, a male given name from *buobo, from Proto-West Germanic *babō, from Proto-Germanic *bō-, a stem meaning "father, brother, close male relation".

Cognate with German Bube (“(naughty) boy”), Dutch boef (“rascal, thief”), Saterland Frisian Baabe (“father, dad”), English babe (“baby”) and boy (“knave, boy”), Icelandic bófi (“bandit”).

Noun

bueb m

1. (Gressoney) son

References

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien