Where does “butucos” come from?

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

butucos (Romanian): rough, coarse

Definitions

  1. rough, coarse

Ancestry of “butucos”, 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 →