Where does “ботня” come from?

ботня (Ukrainian) comes from Ukrainian бот, from French botte, from Italian botta, from Italian bottare, from French bouter, from Middle French bouter, from Old French bouter, from Frankish bautan — to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...

ботня (Ukrainian): bots, automated programmes created to quickly promote or spam content on the Internet

Definitions

  1. bots, automated programmes created to quickly promote or spam content on the Internet

Ancestry of “ботня”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ukrainianботboat
2Frenchbotteboot; something resembling a boot; oppression
3Italianbottablow, hit, shock, knock, attack
4Italianbottare
5Frenchbouterto push; to remove flesh from the skin of an...
6Middle Frenchbouterto pull
7Old Frenchbouterto strike; to hit; to place; to put; to enter
8Frankishbautanto push, strike, beat; to hit, strike; to hit,...
9Proto-West Germanicbautanto beat
10Proto-Germanicbautanąto beat, push
11Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰewd-to hit, strike; to beat, push; to strike, push,...
12Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰew-to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰew-Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰewd-Every word from Proto-Germanic bautaną