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