Where does “boten” come from?

boten (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch boten, from Old Dutch bōtan, from Proto-West Germanic bautan, from Proto-Germanic bautaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰewd-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰew- — to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...

boten (Dutch): to hit; to knock the seeds out of a flax plant

Definitions

  1. to hit; to knock the seeds out of a flax plant

Ancestry of “boten”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchboten—
2Old Dutchbōtan—
3Proto-West Germanicbautanto beat
4Proto-Germanicbautanąto beat, push
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰewd-to hit, strike; to beat, push; to strike, push,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰew-to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...

Words derived from “boten”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰewd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bautaną →