Where does “boeteling” come from?

boeteling (Dutch) comes from Dutch boete, from Middle Dutch boete, from Old Dutch bōta, from English Butter, from English butt, from Middle English butten, from Anglo-Norman buter, from Old French boter — to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...

boeteling (Dutch): penitant

Definitions

  1. penitant

Ancestry of “boeteling”, step by step

boeteling traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch boete

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchboetefine, financial penalty; penance, paining...
2Middle Dutchboete
3Old Dutchbōta
4EnglishButterA soft, fatty foodstuff made by churning the cream of milk (generally cow's milk)
5EnglishbuttThe larger or thicker end of something; the blunt...
6Middle Englishbutten
7Anglo-Normanbuterto strike, finish
8Old Frenchboterto push, butt, strike; to strike; to push; thrust
9Old Frenchbouterto strike; to hit; to place; to put; to enter
10Frankishbautanto push, strike, beat; to hit, strike; to hit,...
11Proto-West Germanicbautanto beat
12Proto-Germanicbautanąto beat, push
13Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰewd-to hit, strike; to beat, push; to strike, push,...
14Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰew-to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...

via Dutch ling

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchling
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰew-Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰewd-Every word from Proto-Germanic bautaną