Reconstruction:Latin/buttia
Latin
editEtymology
editRelated to Late Latin buttis, itself possibly borrowed from Ancient Greek βοῦττις (boûttis), perhaps from the diminutive βουττιον n (bouttion) with plural in /-a/.
Presumably this is the butia listed in the Appendix Probi under ‘always-plural neuter nouns’ (nomina generis neutri semper pluralis numeri). However there is no indication of its meaning there.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit*buttia f (Proto-Western-Romance)
Reconstruction notes
editPossibly also the origin of Italian boccia, but this is debated.
Declension
editsingular | plural | |
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nominative | */ˈbot͡sʲa/ | */ˈbot͡sʲas/ |
oblique | */ˈbot͡sʲa/ | */ˈbot͡sʲas/ |
Descendants
editReferences
edit- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*bŭttia”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 1: A–B, page 660