baxmb-

    baxmb-

    English meaning: a kind of noise

    Deutsche Übersetzung: Nachahmung for dumpfe, dröhnende Schalleindrũcke

    Material: Gr βόμβος m. (out of it Lat. bombus) “ a boom, deep hollow noise “, βόμβῡξ, -ῡκος “ fleas “, βομβύκια “ humming insects “, βομβύλη “ narrow-necked vessel “ (as “ gurgling “), βομβυλιός or -ύλιος “ bumblebee “ (and “ narrow necked vessel “); about βαμβαίνω “ clatters with the teeth; stammer, lisp “ see under baba-; Alb. bumbulit “ it thunders “; maybe Alb. bumballë “Blatta orientalis”, also dial. “ bumblebee” : Lith. bim̃balas, bim̃bilas “ gadfly, horsefly “. Gmc. with by neologism prevented sound movement O.Ice. bumba “ drum “, Dan. old bomme, bambe “ drum “, Du. bommen “to drone “ (compare also Ger. bum bum; a little bit similarly Ger. bammeln, bimmeln “ ring, sound “); Lith. bambe ́ti “ hum “, in ablaut bim̃pti ds., bim̃balas, bim̃bilas “ gadfly, horsefly “; R.C.S. búbenъ, bubonъ “ drum “, Russ. bubnítь “chat, babble”, Pol. bęben “ drum “.

    References: WP. II 107, Trautmann 26, WH. I 111.