Where does “butucănos” come from?

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

butucănos (Romanian): stumpy

Definitions

  1. stumpy

Ancestry of “butucănos”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianbutuctrunk (of a tree), stump
2Frankishboceknob
3Germanbozzan—
4Proto-Germanic*bautan—
Every word from Proto-Germanic *bautan →Every word from German bozzan →Every word from Frankish boce →