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)

  1. trunk (of a tree), stump
    Synonym: trunchi
  2. log
    Synonyms: buștean, buturugă
  3. block
  4. hub (of a wheel)

Declension edit

References edit

  1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*bottia”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 1: A–B, page 469