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

1. 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
    • 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
    • Alemannic German: Butter
    • Bavarian: Budda
      • Viennese: Butta
    • German: Butter (see there for further descendants)
    • Gottscheerish: púttər
    • Hunsrik: Butter
    • Luxembourgish: Botter
    • Palatinate German:
      • Pennsylvania German: Budder
    • East Central German: Putter (Silesian)
    • Yiddish: פּוטער (puter)