An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Bußaar

An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, B (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
Bußaar
Friedrich Kluge2506554An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, B — Bußaar1891John Francis Davis

Bußaar, Bussard, m., ‘buzzard’; the first form is a popular corruption of the second, which first occurs in ModHG., from Fr. busard, ‘mouse-hawk, buzzard.’