biute

Middle High German

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German bûte, büte,[1][2] possibly ultimately from Proto-Celtic *boudi (“profit, gains; victory”), perhaps via Old Dutch *būti.

Noun

biute f[1][2]

  1. spoils, booty
  2. allotment

Declension
Declension of biute (feminine, ô-stem)
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative einiu diu biute die biute
genitive einer dër biute dër biuten
dative einer dër biute dën biuten
accusative eine die biute die biute

Descendants
  • German: Beute
  • Yiddish: בײַטן (baytn)
  • → Old Czech: bít, bíta[3]

References
  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. de Vries, Jan (1971) “buit”, in Nederlands etymologisch woordenboek [Dutch etymological dictionary] (in Dutch), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 94
  3. 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
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