Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/buterā

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 Latin būtȳrum (“butter”).

Noun

*buterā f

butter
Synonym: *ankwō

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*buterā
Genitive	*buterōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*buterā	*buterōn
Accusative	*buterōn	*buterōn
Genitive	*buterōn	*buterōnō
Dative	*buterōn	buterōm, buterum
Instrumental	*buterōn	buterōm, buterum

Descendants

Old English: butere
- Middle English: buter, buttyr, butter, botyr, buttir, butre, buttur, buttur, boter, buttre, butera, butere (Early Middle English)
  - English: butter (see there for further descendants)
  - Scots: butter, buter
  - Yola: buthther, buththere
Old Frisian: butere
- Saterland Frisian: Buutere
- West Frisian: bûter
Old Saxon: *butira, *butera
- Middle Low German: boter, botter
  - German Low German: Botter; (some Low Prussian varieties:) Batter, Potter
  - Dutch Low Saxon: botter, butter, boeter
  - Plautdietsch: Botta
Old Dutch: *butera
- Middle Dutch: boter
  - Dutch: boter (see there for further descendants)
  - Limburgish: bótter
  - West Flemish: beuter
Old High German: butira
- Middle High German: buter, butere, puter
  - Alemannic German: Butter
  - Bavarian: Budda
    - Viennese: Butta
  - Central Franconian:
    - Hunsrik: Butter
    - Luxembourgish: Botter
  - German: Butter (see there for further descendants)
  - Gottscheerish: púttər
  - Palatinate German:
    - Pennsylvania German: Budder
  - East Central German: Putter (Silesian)
  - Yiddish: פּוטער (puter)