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Old English · noun

budda

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
weak
IPA
/ˈbud.dɑ/
Syllables
ˈbud · dɑ (2 syllables)
Modern English
beetleboudbug

Meaning

  1. beetle

Declension

Declension of budda
SingularPlural
Nominative buddabuddan
Accusative buddanbuddan
Genitive buddanbuddena
Dative buddanbuddum

All forms (4)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *buʀdō, from Proto-Germanic *buzdô (“beetle, grub, swelling”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰūs- (“to move quickly”). Cognate with Middle Low German buddech (“thick, swollen”), Low German budde (“louse, grub”), Old Norse budda (“purse”). See bug.

Descendants

boud, bug

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