Where does “butucaș” come from?

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

butucaș (Romanian): small stump

Definitions

  1. small stump

Ancestry of “butucaș”, 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 →
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