Bovist
German edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From older vohenfist (literally “vixen's fart”), from Middle High German vohe (“vixen”) + vist (“soft fart”).[1] Equivalent to Fähe + Fist. Compare Ancient Greek πέζις (pézis, “puffball”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Bovist m (strong, genitive Bovistes or Bovists, plural Boviste)
References edit
- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1995) “Bofist m., Bovist m.”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 23rd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 123
Further reading edit
- Bovist on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- “Bovist” in Duden online
- “Bovist” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache