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This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *bōbô, from Proto-Germanic *bō-.
Noun
*bōbō m
- boy
- knave, rascal
Inflection
| Masculine an-stem
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Singular
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| Nominative
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*bōbō
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| Genitive
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*bōbini, *bōban
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Singular
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Plural
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| Nominative
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*bōbō
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*bōban
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| Accusative
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*bōban
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*bōban
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| Genitive
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*bōbini, *bōban
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*bōbanō
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| Dative
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*bōbini, *bōban
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*bōbum
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| Instrumental
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*bōbini, *bōban
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*bōbum
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Descendants
- Old English: *bōba, *bōfa
- Old Frisian: *bōba, *bōfa, *bōva
- Saterland Frisian: Boube
- West Frisian: boef
- ⇒ Old Frisian: bōfhaft (“villainous”)
- ⇒ Old Frisian: bōfhaftich, bōfheftich, bōfachtich (“villainous, base, mean”)
- Old Frisian: bōverīe (“rascality”)
- Old Saxon: *bōbo, *bōvo
- Middle Low German: bôve
- German Low German: Boov
- → Old Swedish: bōve
- Old Dutch: *buovo
- Middle Dutch: boeve, boef
- Old High German: *buobo
- Middle High German: buobe, puobe