Where does “Bootnik” come from?

Bootnik (English) comes from English boot, from French botte, from Italian botta, from Italian bottare, from French bouter, from Middle French bouter, from Old French bouter, from Frankish bautan — to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...

Bootnik (English): A fan of the "ReBoot" CGI-animated television...

Definitions

  1. A fan of the "ReBoot" CGI-animated television...

Ancestry of “Bootnik”, step by step

Bootnik traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English boot

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbootA heavy shoe that covers part of the leg; A blow...
2Frenchbotteboot; something resembling a boot; oppression
3Italianbottablow, hit, shock, knock, attack
4Italianbottare
5Frenchbouterto push; to remove flesh from the skin of an...
6Middle Frenchbouterto pull
7Old Frenchbouterto strike; to hit; to place; to put; to enter
8Frankishbautanto push, strike, beat; to hit, strike; to hit,...
9Proto-West Germanicbautanto beat
10Proto-Germanicbautanąto beat, push
11Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰewd-to hit, strike; to beat, push; to strike, push,...
12Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰew-to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...

via English beatnik

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbeatnikA person who dresses in a manner that is not...
2EnglishbeatA stroke; a blow; A pulsation or throb; A pulse...
3Middle EnglishbetenTo beat; to repeatedly strike or hit
4Old Englishbēatanto thrash, beat; to beat, pound, strike, lash,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰew-Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰewd-Every word from Proto-Germanic bautaną