bufo

Betekenis (Engels)

a toad

Concepten

pad

🛣️

kikker

🐸

padde

padden

-den

Synoniemen

rana

🐸

rana rubeta

rāna

būfo

rubeta

buffo

Vertalingen

toad

crapaud

sapo

Kröte

gripau

rospo

sapo

φρύνος

bàbi

kara kurbağası

علجوم

عُلْجُوم

βάτραχος

Froschlurch

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

[ˈbuː.foː]

Etymologie (Engels)

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).