From Proto-Mongolic *bödene, compare Daur bedeny. Compare Tatar бүдәнә (büdänä, “quail”), Chuvash путене (put̬ene, “quail”), Kazakh бөдене (bödene).
бөднө • (bödnö) (Mongolian spelling ᠪᠥᠳᠦᠨᠡ (bödün-e))