Where does “botun” come from?
botun (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Italian bottone, from Spanish botón, from Old French boton, from Old French bouter, from Frankish bautan, from Proto-West Germanic bautan, from Proto-Germanic bautaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰewd- — to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...
botun (Serbo-Croatian): button
Definitions
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Ancestry of “botun”, step by step
botun traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian bottone
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | bottone | button; bud |
| 2 | Spanish | botón | button; key; bud |
| 3 | Old French | boton | — |
| 4 | Old French | bouter | to strike; to hit; to place; to put; to enter |
| 5 | Frankish | bautan | to push, strike, beat; to hit, strike; to hit,... |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | bautan | to beat |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | bautaną | to beat, push |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰewd- | to hit, strike; to beat, push; to strike, push,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰew- | to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to... |