Reconstruction:Old Dutch/butta

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

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *buttjā. Which is a borrowing from Vulgar Latin *buttia (“cask, barrel”).

Noun

*butta f

1. barrel, tub

Inflection

Declension of *butta (feminine ō/ōn-stem noun)

case	singular	plural
nominative	*butta	*butta, *button
accusative	*butta, *button	*butta, *button
genitive	*button	*buttono
dative	*button	*button

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: botte
  • Dutch: botte