Where does “bottel” come from?
bottel (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch bottel, from English bottle, from English bottle and glass, from English arse, from Middle English ars, from Old French arz, from Latin artes, from Latin ars — to fit, to fix, to put together.
bottel (Afrikaans): bottle
Ancestry of “bottel”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Dutch | bottel | hip, rosehip; dogwood; bottle |
| 2 | English | bottle | A container, typically made of glass or plastic... |
| 3 | English | bottle and glass | — |
| 4 | English | arse | The buttocks or more specifically, the anus; A... |
| 5 | Middle English | ars | arse, anus; bottom, buttocks; plural of art |
| 6 | Old French | arz | — |
| 7 | Latin | artes | second-person singular present active subjunctive... |
| 8 | Latin | ars | art; skill, craft, handicraft, trade, power |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | artis | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂értis | fitting |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |