Reconstruction:Old Dutch/butera

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 *buterā. Which is a borrowing from Latin būtȳrum. It is only attested in toponyms.

Noun

*butera f

  1. butter

Inflection

Declension of *butera (feminine ō/ōn-stem noun)
case singular plural
nominative *butera *butera, *buteron
accusative *butera, *buteron *butera, *buteron
genitive *buteron *buterono
dative *buteron *buteron

Descendants

  • Middle Dutch: boter
    • Dutch: boter (see there for further descendants)
    • Limburgish: bótter
    • West Flemish: beuter

References

  • “butero”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
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