köken: From röhren + Dommel. cf. Old English raredumla, from rarian (“to roar; wail; lament”), from Proto-West Germanic *rairēn, from Proto-Germanic *rairāną (“to bellow; roar”), from Proto-Indo-European *rey- (“to shout; bellow; yell; bark”), Cognate with Saterland Frisian roorje (“to roar”), German röhren (“to roar”).
köken: From Middle French butor, from Old French butor, from Vulgar Latin *butitaurus, from Latin būtiō (“bittern”) + taurus (“bull”), because of its deep booming call; compare also Middle Dutch watervar (“bittern”, literally “water bull”).
köken: Akin to вопи́ть (vopítʹ), вопль (voplʹ). From Dahl: Выпь, а выпь, полно тебе выть! Кабы она не выла, так и не была бы выпь. Compare typologically other names of the birds akin to бу́хать (búxatʹ), бу́кать (búkatʹ), буча́ть (bučátʹ), бык (byk): * бухалень (buxalenʹ), * букалище (bukališče), * буга́й (bugáj), * водяно́й бык (vodjanój byk), * Bulgarian воден бик (voden bik), * Czech bukač, * Polish…
great bittern, Eurasian bittern (Botaurus stellaris) · bittern (bird of the genus Botaurus)
çekim: çoğul roerdompen
eş: putoor
köken: Probably borrowed from Middle Low German rōrdump, from Old Saxon rōridumbil, from Proto-West Germanic [Term?]; cognates include Old English rāradumbla, Old High German rōratumbil.
botfly, gadfly (any insect of the family Oestridae) · synonym of bogatek · bumblebee (insect similar to a bee, but much thicker and more densely haired, making a humming sound while flying)
çekim: çoğul bąki · tamlayan bąka
eş: trzmiel, ślepak, giez, fryga, bączek, cyga
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Slavic *bǫkъ Old Polish bąk Polish bąk Inherited from Old Polish bąk.
bull (uncastrated male of cattle) · bittern (nocturnal marsh wader of the heron family)
çekim: çoğul бугаї́ · tamlayan бугая́
köken: From a Turkic language, ultimately from Proto-Turkic *buka, compare Uzbek buqa. Cognates include Russian буга́й (bugáj), Belarusian буга́й (buháj).
До́брим лю́дям спочи́вок, а йому́, чо́ртовому бугає́ві, спі́ви.
köken: From Old Galician-Portuguese betouro (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from the same origin that Old French butor, from Vulgar Latin *butitaurus, from Latin būtiō (“bittern”) + taurus (“bull”), apparently because of its call.