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Reconstruction:Old Dutch/buti

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This Old Dutch 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.

Old Dutch

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Etymology

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Uncertain; possibly borrowed from Gaulish *boudi, from Proto-Celtic *boudi (profit, gains; victory),[1] or perhaps from Proto-West Germanic *biūtijan, from *bi- (locative prefix) +‎ *ūt (out, outward) +‎ *-jan.[2]

Noun

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*būti m[3]

  1. exchange, barter
  2. allotment
  3. spoils, plunder, booty

Alternative reconstructions

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Derived terms

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  • *būten
    • Middle Dutch: buuten

Descendants

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Further reading

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References

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  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Beute¹”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 81
  2. 2.0 2.1 Sverige in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
  3. ^ Nikolayev, Sergei, editor (2008), “*būt=”, in Common Germanic database (Common Indo-European database), StarLing database server
  4. ^ de Vries, Jan (1977) “býta”, in Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Old Norse Etymological Dictionary]‎[1] (in German), 2nd revised edition, Leiden: Brill, page 68
  5. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline (2010) “buit; buiten”, in Nederlandse woorden wereldwijd [Dutch words worldwide]‎[2] (in Dutch), The Hague: Sdu Uitgevers, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 245-246
  6. ^ Newerkla, Stefan Michael (2011) “bít, bíta”, in Sprachkontakte Deutsch – Tschechisch – Slowakisch: Wörterbuch der deutschen Lehnwörter im Tschechischen und Slowakischen: historische Entwicklung, Beleglage, bisherige und neue Deutungen (Schriften über Sprachen und Texte; 7) (in German), 2nd edition, Frankfurt: Peter Lang, →ISBN, page 155