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

• bluozhūs

Descendants

• 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)

References

• "butira" in Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch (6th edition 2014)