Middle English bugge

← Middle English bigge (mention)

← Proto-Germanic *bugja- (derived)

← Proto-Indo-European *bʰew- (derived)

← Proto-Indo-European *bu- (mention)

← Low German Bögge (cognate)

← Low German Boggelmann (mention)

← Norwegian bugge (cognate)

→ English bug (derived)

→ English bogey (derived)

→ English bugbear (cognate)

→ English bugan (derived)