bytte
Danish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Low German bǖte, of uncertain ultimate origin; possibly a Celtic borrowing, from Proto-Celtic *boudi (“victory, booty, spoils”). If so, related to the name of Boudica, a British Celtic queen.
This source is comparable to German Beute, late Old Norse býti, and Swedish byte; also French butin (hence English booty).
Noun edit
bytte n (singular definite byttet, not used in plural form)
Declension edit
neuter gender |
Singular | |
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indefinite | definite | |
nominative | bytte | byttet |
genitive | byttes | byttets |
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle Low German bǖten, a verb derived from the former noun. Perhaps partially from Proto-Germanic *biūtijaną, a compound of *bi- and *ūtijaną (cf. Old Norse ýta, Danish yde).
Verb edit
bytte (past tense byttede, past participle byttet)
Conjugation edit
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse býti and Middle Low German bute.
Noun edit
bytte n (definite singular byttet, indefinite plural bytter, definite plural bytta or byttene)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Norwegian Nynorsk: bytte
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Norse býta and Middle Low German buten.
Verb edit
bytte (imperative bytt, present tense bytter, passive byttes, simple past and past participle bytta or byttet, present participle byttende)
- to change, exchange, swap, to transplant
References edit
- “bytte” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse býti and Middle Low German bute, via Norwegian Bokmål.
Noun edit
bytte n (definite singular byttet, indefinite plural bytte, definite plural bytta)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “bytte” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish edit
Adjective edit
bytte
Verb edit
bytte
- past indicative of byta