bufo

Bedeutung (Englisch)

a toad

Konzepte

Kröte

Frosch

🐸

Harlekin

Possenreißer

Spaßmacher

Unke

Witzbold

Bajazzo

Froschlurch

Scherzkeks

Eisenauflage

Gecke

Strahl des Pferdes

Fretsche

Clown

-n

Synonyme

rana

🐸

rana rubeta

rāna

būfo

rubeta

buffo

Übersetzungen

toad

crapaud

sapo

gripau

rospo

sapo

φρύνος

pad

🛣️

βάτραχος

kara kurbağası

علجوم

عُلْجُوم

bàbi

jester

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

[ˈbuː.foː]

Etymologie (Englisch)

Probably loaned from a different Italic language such as Oscan, where the word could have referred to any creeping small animal such as a hamster. The connection with Proto-Slavic *žaba (“toad”) is uncertain, as the initial vowel cannot reflect a common Indo-European origin. Per Vasmer cognate with Latin bōs, bovis, reflecting an ancient folk belief that toads — like other animals — were thought to steal milk from livestock. Compare typologically Latin caprimulgus, Proto-Slavic *(s)mъlžь (< Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ-, whence also English milk).