Where does “Butt” come from?

Butt (German Low German) comes from Middle Low German butte, from Medieval Latin butina, from Vulgar Latin *budina, from Latin butina, from Ancient Greek πῡτῑ́νη — flask.

Ancestry of “Butt”, step by step

Butt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Low German butte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanbuttebarrel
2Medieval Latinbutinaa bound, limit; bottle; limit, boundary
3Vulgar Latin*budina—
4Latinbutinaa bound, limit; bottle; limit, boundary
5Ancient Greekπῡτῑ́νηflask

via Middle Low German but

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanbut—

Words derived from “Butt”

Every word from Ancient Greek πῡτῑ́νη →Every word from Latin butina →Every word from Vulgar Latin *budina →