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Where does “Butterfass” come from?

Butterfass (German) comes from German Butter, 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 — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.

Butterfass (German): a butter-churn, vessel for churning butter

Definitions

  1. a butter-churn, vessel for churning butter

Ancestry of “Butterfass”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanButterbutter
2Middle High Germanbuter—
3Old High Germanbutira—
4Proto-West Germanicbuterābutter
5Latinbūtȳrum—
6Ancient Greekβούτυρονbutter
7Ancient Greekτυρόςcheese
8Proto-Hellenictūrós—
9Proto-Indo-Europeantuh₂-ró-s—
10Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong
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