bau

    bau

    English meaning: sound of barking

    Deutsche Übersetzung: Nachahmung of Hundegebells, Schreckwort

    Material: Gk. βαὺ βαὺ “ dog barking “, βαΰζω “ barks, blasphemes “, Βαυβώ “ bugbear, Hecate “, Lat. baubor, -ürī “ to bark gently or moderately “; a little bit differently uses Lith. baũbti “ bawl, bellow “ from ox, baũbis cattle God as “ bawler “, Serb. bau bau “ fright word “, baùkati “ get a fright “ etc Maybe Alb. (*baubi) bubi “ dog”. Gk. βαυβάω ‘sleep” is, like βαυβών “ penis”, folklike code word.

    References: WP. II 104, WH. I 99, W. Oehl IF. 56, 119.