Where does “Butterröhrling” come from?
Butterröhrling (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.
Butterröhrling (German): slippery jack a species of mushroom
Definitions
- slippery jack a species of mushroom
Ancestry of “Butterröhrling”, step by step
Butterröhrling traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German butter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | butter | inflection of buttern: ## first-person singular... |
| 2 | Middle High German | buter | butter |
| 3 | Old High German | butira | butter |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | buterā | butter |
| 5 | Latin | būtȳrum | butter |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | βούτυρον | butter |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | τυρός | cheese |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | tūrós | cheese |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | tuh₂-ró-s | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | tewh₂- | to swell; to crowd; to be strong |
via German Röhrling
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Röhrling | bolete, boletus |
| 2 | German | röhre | tube, duct, pipe |
| 3 | Middle High German | rōre | reed, rush |
| 4 | Old High German | rōra | — |
| 5 | Old High German | rōr | pipe |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | rauzą | pipe, reed, shaft, tube; reed, rush |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | er- | eagle, bird; loose, light, rare, sparse; to fail,... |