Where does “butuc” come from?

butuc (Romanian) comes from Frankish boce, from German bozzan, from Proto-Germanic *bautan.

butuc (Romanian): trunk (of a tree), stump

Definitions

  1. trunk (of a tree), stump

Ancestry of “butuc”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frankishboceknob
2Germanbozzan—
3Proto-Germanic*bautan—

Words derived from “butuc”

Every word from Proto-Germanic *bautan →Every word from German bozzan →Every word from Frankish boce →
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