Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/buttjā

This Proto-West Germanic 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.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin buttia, from Late Latin buttis (“cask, barrel”). Possible doublet of *budinu.

Noun

*buttjā f

cask, flask

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*buttjā
Genitive	*buttjōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*buttjā	*buttjōn
Accusative	*buttjōn	*buttjōn
Genitive	*buttjōn	*buttjōnō
Dative	*buttjōn	buttjōm, buttjum
Instrumental	*buttjōn	buttjōm, buttjum

Alternative reconstructions

buttjō

Descendants

Old English: bytte, bytt
- Middle English: bit, bitte, bytte, butte
  - English: butt
Old Saxon: *butta, *buttia
- Middle Low German: bütte, butte
  - German Low German: Büüe, Bütte, Bütt
Old Dutch: *butta
- Middle Dutch: botte
  - Dutch: botte
Old High German: *butta f, butto m
- Middle High German: büte, bütte, bute f
  - German: Bütte, Bütt
  - Yiddish: ביט (bit)
→? Proto-Slavic: *bъči (see there for further descendants)

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