bubbub

Another origin of bub

1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰā-uncertain
2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*bō-‘close 􂀿male􂁀 relation’uncertain
3. Germanc. 1650–presentBubuncertain
4. Pennsylvania GermanmodernBubuncertain
5. Englishtodaybub

Either a corruption of brother, a modification of bud, or a borrowing from Pennsylvania German Bub or Southern German Bub (as was spoken in various communities in America before the early 20th century), ultimately thought to be derived from Proto-Germanic *bō- (‘close [male] relation’) and thus cognate to English boy and babe. Other probable cognates

Another origin of bub

1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*babôuncertain
2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*babōuncertain
3. Old Englishc. 450–1150*baba‘a male child’uncertain
4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500babe‘babe, baby’uncertain
5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500babuncertainvariant of babe
6. Englishtodaybub