Where does “Butnărești” come from?
Butnărești (Romanian) comes from Romanian butnar, from German Büttner, from Middle High German bütenære, from Middle High German -ære, from Old High German -āri, from Proto-West Germanic -ārī, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).
Ancestry of “Butnărești”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | butnar | cooper |
| 2 | German | Büttner | cooper |
| 3 | Middle High German | bütenære | cooper |
| 4 | Middle High German | -ære | — |
| 5 | Old High German | -āri | used to form agent nouns |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -ārī | -er |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 8 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |