buis

(Engels)

buizen

Frequentie

C1
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/bœy̯s/
Etymologie (Engels)

In summary

From Middle Dutch buse, of uncertain origin, plausibly representing an umlauted byform *beusju of Proto-West Germanic *beusu (“rush, bentgrass”) which gives Dutch bies. For the "television" sense, compare English tube.

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