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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

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

Words derived from “Butter”

  • butterbrot
  • бутерброд
  • buttern
  • Buttermilch
  • Butterblume
  • butterweich
  • Buttersoße
  • Butterfass
  • Sahnebutter
  • Kakaobutter
  • Bütterken
  • Butterbrot
  • Butterkäse
  • Knoblauchbutter
  • butero
  • путер
  • puter
  • butro
  • butrizar
  • butra
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