Where does “Butter” come from?

Butter (German) comes from Middle High German buter, from Old High German butira, from Proto-West Germanic buterā, from Latin būtȳrum, from Ancient Greek βούτυρον, from Ancient Greek τυρός, from Proto-Hellenic tūrós, from Proto-Indo-European tuh₂-ró-s — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.

Butter (German): butter

Definitions

  1. butter

Ancestry of “Butter”, step by step

Butter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle High German buter

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanbuterbutter
2Old High Germanbutirabutter
3Proto-West Germanicbuterābutter
4Latinbūtȳrumbutter
5Ancient Greekβούτυρονbutter
6Ancient Greekτυρόςcheese
7Proto-Hellenictūróscheese
8Proto-Indo-Europeantuh₂-ró-s—
9Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong

via Middle High German butter

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanbutter—
2Old High Germanbutera—
3Latinbutyrumbutter

Words derived from “Butter”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tuh₂-ró-s →Every word from Proto-Hellenic tūrós →