Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/buttjā

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

Borrowed from Medieval Latin buttia, from Late Latin buttis (“cask, barrel”). Possible doublet of *budinu.

Noun

*buttjā f

1. cask, flask

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*buttjā
Genitive	*buttjōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*buttjā	*buttjōn
Accusative	*buttjōn	*buttjōn
Genitive	*buttjōn	*buttjōnō
Dative	*buttjōn	*buttjōm, *buttjum
Instrumental	*buttjōn	*buttjōm, *buttjum

Alternative reconstructions

• buttjō

Descendants

• Old English: bytte, bytt
  • Middle English: bit, bitte, bytte, butte
    • English: butt
• Old Saxon: *butta, *buttia
  • Middle Low German: bütte, butte
    • German Low German: Büüe, Bütte, Bütt
• Old Dutch: *butta
  • Middle Dutch: botte
    • Dutch: botte
• Old High German: *butta f, butto m
  • Middle High German: büte, bütte, bute f
    • German: Bütte, Bütt
    • Yiddish: ביט (bit)
• →? Proto-Slavic: *bъči (see there for further descendants)