Where does “Bottadinkj” come from?
Bottadinkj (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch Botta, from Middle Low German boter, from Old Saxon butera, 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.
Bottadinkj (Plautdietsch): butter dish
Definitions
- butter dish
Ancestry of “Bottadinkj”, step by step
Bottadinkj traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Plautdietsch Botta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plautdietsch | Botta | butter |
| 2 | Middle Low German | boter | — |
| 3 | Old Saxon | butera | — |
| 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 Plautdietsch Dinkj
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plautdietsch | Dinkj | thing, object |
| 2 | Middle Low German | dink | — |
| 3 | Old Saxon | thing | thing, object; matter, case |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | þing | court session, lawsuit; affair, matter; thing,... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | þingą | appointed time; date; appointment; meeting;... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | tenkó- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | tenk- | to be solid, firm; to be suitable; to succeed,... |