butuc
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Unknown. Possibly from a Vulgar Latin root *bot(t)um, *bottia (“bump”) + -uc, a Germanic borrowing, from Frankish *boce (“knob”), from Old High German bozzan (“to beat”), from Proto-West Germanic *bautan (“to push, strike”).[1] Compare bot.
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
butuc m (plural butuci)
Declension edit
Declension of butuc
References edit
- ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*bottia”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 1: A–B, page 469