butira

Old High German

Etymology

    From Proto-West Germanic *buterā, borrowed from Latin būtȳrum, borrowed from Ancient Greek βούτῡρον (boútūron), from βοῦς (boûs) + τυρός (turós).

    Noun

    butira f

    1. butter

    Declension

    Declension of butira (feminine n-stem)
    case singular plural
    nominative butira butirūn
    accusative butirūn butirūn
    genitive butirūn butirōno
    dative butirūn butirōm, butirōn

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Middle High German: buter, butere, puter
      • Alemannic German: Butter
      • Bavarian: Budda
      • Central Franconian:
      • German: Butter (see there for further descendants)
      • Gottscheerish: púttər
      • Palatinate German:
      • East Central German: Putter (Silesian)
      • Yiddish: פּוטער (puter)

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