Where does “butu” come from?
butu (Sranan Tongo) comes from Dutch boete, from Middle Dutch boete, from Old Dutch bōta, from English Butter, from English butt, from Middle English butten, from Anglo-Norman buter, from Old French boter — to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...
butu (Sranan Tongo): fine, punishment
Definitions
- fine, punishment
Ancestry of “butu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | boete | fine, financial penalty; penance, paining... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | boete | — |
| 3 | Old Dutch | bōta | — |
| 4 | English | Butter | A soft, fatty foodstuff made by churning the cream of milk (generally cow's milk) |
| 5 | English | butt | The larger or thicker end of something; the blunt... |
| 6 | Middle English | butten | — |
| 7 | Anglo-Norman | buter | to strike, finish |
| 8 | Old French | boter | to push, butt, strike; to strike; to push; thrust |
| 9 | Old French | bouter | to strike; to hit; to place; to put; to enter |
| 10 | Frankish | bautan | to push, strike, beat; to hit, strike; to hit,... |
| 11 | Proto-West Germanic | bautan | to beat |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | bautaną | to beat, push |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰewd- | to hit, strike; to beat, push; to strike, push,... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰew- | to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to... |