Where does “embuttered” come from?
embuttered (English) comes from English ED, from Japanese エンディング, from English ending, from Middle English ending, from Middle English endyng, from Old English endung, from Old English endian, from Proto-Germanic andijōną — on, onto.
embuttered (English): Covered with butter
Definitions
- Covered with butter
Ancestry of “embuttered”, step by step
embuttered traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English ED
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ED | Initialism of erectile dysfunction; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Japanese | エンディング | ending, especially of a broadcast or performance |
| 3 | English | ending | A termination or conclusion; The last part of... |
| 4 | Middle English | ending | Alternative form of endyng |
| 5 | Middle English | endyng | An ending, termination, or conclusion;... |
| 6 | Old English | endung | ending |
| 7 | Old English | endian | to end, make an end of; to finish, complete; to... |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | andijōną | to end, bring to an end, finish |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | andijaz | end |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂entíos | front; forehead |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ent- | face; forehead; front |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |
via English Butter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Butter | A soft, fatty foodstuff made by churning the cream of milk (generally cow's milk) |
| 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... |
via English em
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | em | The name of the Latin-script letter M; A unit of... |
| 2 | English | them | Those ones; Him, her, or it; that one; Those |
| 3 | Middle English | þem | Third-person plural accusative pronoun: them;... |
| 4 | Old Norse | þeim | them, those |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | þaimaz | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | sa | that |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | só | this; that |