Where does “bastrok” come from?
bastrok (Cebuano) comes from English buttstroke, from English butt, from Middle English butten, from Anglo-Norman buter, from Old French boter, from Old French bouter, from Frankish bautan, from Proto-West Germanic bautan — to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...
bastrok (Cebuano): buttstroke; the act of striking a person with the...
Definitions
- buttstroke; the act of striking a person with the...
Ancestry of “bastrok”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | buttstroke | The act of striking a person with the butt of a... |
| 2 | English | butt | The larger or thicker end of something; the blunt... |
| 3 | Middle English | butten | — |
| 4 | Anglo-Norman | buter | to strike, finish |
| 5 | Old French | boter | to push, butt, strike; to strike; to push; thrust |
| 6 | Old French | bouter | to strike; to hit; to place; to put; to enter |
| 7 | Frankish | bautan | to push, strike, beat; to hit, strike; to hit,... |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | bautan | to beat |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | bautaną | to beat, push |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰewd- | to hit, strike; to beat, push; to strike, push,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰew- | to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to... |