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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *bhembh-
Meaning: bumble-bee, big beetle, bombyx
Old Indian: bambhara- m. (L.) `bee', bambharāli- f. (L.) `fly'; Kalash bhūmbur, Khowar búmbur `bumble-bee', Parachi bhámbur `wasp'
Armenian: borr, gen. -oy `Hummel, Hornis'
Old Greek: pemphrēdṓn, -ónos f. `Art Wespe, Baumwespe' [ + ion., att. bombülió-s `summendes Insekt, Hummel', bómbǖk-s, gen. -os m. `Seidenwurm'; bombǘlǟ = lékythos Hsch., Sch.A.R. (-ü- или -ǖ-) `Bienenart', bombǘkio-n `art Biene' ]
Slavic: *bǭbā `кокон шелкопряда, шелковичный червь'; *bōbārъ `жук, шмель, гусеница'
Baltic: *bam̂b-al-a- (1) c., *bamb-al-ā̂, -iā̃ f., *bamb-ul-a- c., *bim̂b-al-a- (1) / bim̃b-, -il-a- c.
Germanic: *bumb-(V)l=
Russ. meaning: насекомое (шмель, большой жук, шелкопряд)
References: WP II 107
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Proto-Baltic: *bam̂b-al-a- (1) c., *bamb-al-ā̂, -iā̃ f., *bamb-ul-a- c., *bim̂b-al-a- (1) / bim̃b-, -il-a- c.
Meaning: a k. of insect
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Lithuanian: bim̃bala-s, bim̃bila-s `Bremse'; bam̃bala-s `Hummel, Maikäfer'
Lettish: bam̃bals, bàmbal̨a, bam̃balis, bam̃bāle, bambuls, bam̃bule, bam̃bulis `Käfer', bim̃bals, bimbars `Bremse'
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Germanic etymology :

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Proto-Germanic: *bumb(V)l=
Meaning: an insect
IE etymology: IE etymology
English: bumble-bee
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Pokorny's dictionary :

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Number: 232
Root: bher-4
English meaning: to roar, buzz
German meaning: in Schallworten `brummen, summen' u. dgl.
General comments: Eine Erw. allenfalls in *bherem- `brummen' und in den unter bherg- `brummen' behandelten Schallsippen.
Material: Arm. boṙ, -oy `Hummel, Hornis', zum redupl. ai. bambhara-ḥ (unbel.) `Biene', bambharāliḥ (unbel.) `Fliege', bambhā-rava-ḥ `das Brüllen der Kühe', gr. πεμφρηδών `Art Wespe' (Bildung wie ἀνθρηδών, τενθρηδών); ähnlich auch skr. bȕmbar `Hummel', klr. bombàr `Maikäfer'.

    Hierher wenigstens z. T. (mit gebrochener Red.) auch die bsl. Grnppe von lit. barbė́ti `klirren', birbiù, -iaũ, bir̃bti `summen', burbiù, burbė́ti `brummen, brodeln' u. dgl.; klr. borborósy Pl. `mürrische Reden', skr. br̀blati `schwatzen' u. dgl., in denen freilich die Bedeutungen `undeutlich reden, stammeln' auf die Gruppe von ai. barbarāḥ usw. (s. *baba) zurückgehen werden.

   

References: WP. II 161 f., Trautmann 39 f.
Pages: 135-136
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