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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/buttaz
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Proto-Germanic
Alternative forms
- *butaz
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-European *bʰudnós, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewd- (“to beat, push”), an extension of *bʰew- (“to blow, swell”).
Adjective
*buttaz
- cut off; chopped off; stumpy
Inflection
Declension of *buttaz (a-stem)
| Strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *buttaz | *buttai | *buttō | *buttôz | *buttą, -atō | *buttō |
| Accusative | *buttanǭ | *buttanz | *buttǭ | *buttōz | *buttą, -atō | *buttō |
| Genitive | *buttas, -is | *buttaizǫ̂ | *buttaizōz | *buttaizǫ̂ | *buttas, -is | *buttaizǫ̂ |
| Dative | *buttammai | *buttaimaz | *buttaizōi | *buttaimaz | *buttammai | *buttaimaz |
| Instrumental | *buttanō | *buttaimiz | *buttaizō | *buttaimiz | *buttanō | *buttaimiz |
| Weak declension | ||||||
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *buttô | *buttaniz | *buttǭ | *buttōniz | *buttô | *buttōnō |
| Accusative | *buttanų | *buttanunz | *buttōnų | *buttōnunz | *buttô | *buttōnō |
| Genitive | *buttiniz | *buttanǫ̂ | *buttōniz | *buttōnǫ̂ | *buttiniz | *buttanǫ̂ |
| Dative | *buttini | *buttammaz | *buttōni | *buttōmaz | *buttini | *buttammaz |
| Instrumental | *buttinē | *buttammiz | *buttōnē | *buttōmiz | *buttinē | *buttammiz |
Etymology 2
From Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰnós (“bottom”), later thematic variant of *bʰudʰmḗn ~ *bʰudʰn-, perhaps from *dʰewbʰ- (“deep”).
Noun
*buttaz m
- end; piece
Inflection
| masculine a-stemDeclension of *buttaz (masculine a-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *buttaz | *buttōz, *buttōs | |
| vocative | *butt | *buttōz, *buttōs | |
| accusative | *buttą | *buttanz | |
| genitive | *buttas, *buttis | *buttǫ̂ | |
| dative | *buttai | *buttamaz | |
| instrumental | *buttō | *buttamiz | |
Descendants
- Old English: *butt (attested in diminutive buttuc); bytt, byt
- Middle English: butte, but
- Scots: butt
- English: but, butt
- Anglo-Latin: butta
- Middle English: butte, but
- Old Frisian: butie
- Old Saxon: *butt
- Middle Low German: *butt, butken
- Low German: butt; Butte, Bütte
- German: Butt, Steinbutt
- Norwegian: butt
- Danish: but
- Low German: butt; Butte, Bütte
- Middle Low German: *butt, butken
- Old Frankish: *butt, *but
- Old Dutch: *butt, *but
- Middle Dutch: but, botte, bot
- Dutch: bot
- Middle Dutch: but, botte, bot
- Old French: bot, bout; bote
- Middle French: bute, butte
- French: butte
- English: butte
- French: butte
- Dutch: bot
- Middle English: bote
- English: boot
- Spanish: boto
- Middle French: bute, butte
- Old Dutch: *butt, *but
- Old High German: *butz, *buz; *butzo, *buzzo
- Middle High German: butze
- German: Butzen; (putzen?)
- Middle High German: butze
- Old Norse: butr, bútr
- Icelandic: bútur
- Old Swedish: buter
- Swedish: but (archaic)
- Old French: but
- Middle French: but
- French: but
- Middle French: but