Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bautō

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bautô.

Noun

*bautō m

that which bumps or pushes; pusher
that which pushes up or is raised; bump, knob
knot, bundle

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*bautō
Genitive	bautini, bautan
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*bautō	*bautan
Accusative	*bautan	*bautan
Genitive	bautini, bautan	*bautanō
Dative	bautini, bautan	*bautum
Instrumental	bautini, bautan	*bautum

Related terms

*bautan
*baut
*bautijō
*bautijan

Descendants

Old Saxon: bōto
- Middle Low German: bôte
  - ⇒ Middle Low German: bö̂teken, bö̂tken
Old High German: bōzo
- Middle High German: bōze
  - German: Bosse
→ Old French: boton, bouton
- Middle French: boton, bouton
  - French: bouton
    - → Romanian: buton
- → Italian: bottone
- → Spanish: botón
- → Portuguese: botão
- → Middle English: botoun
  - English: button
  - Scots: button