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]Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]butuc m (plural butuci)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | butuc | butucul | butuci | butucii | |
| genitive-dative | butuc | butucului | butuci | butucilor | |
| vocative | butucule | butucilor | |||
References
[edit]- ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*bottia”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 1: A–B, page 469
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