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Butter.

butter

6 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈbʊtɐ/
  1. butter

    dialectal · feminine · masculine · no-plural · strong
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws Proto-Hellenic *gʷous Ancient Greek βοῦς (boûs) Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *tuh₂rós Proto-Hellenic *tūrós Ancient Greek τυρός (turós) Ancient Greek βούτῡρον (boútūron)bor. Latin būtȳrumbor. Proto-West Germanic *buterā Old High German butira Middle High German buter German Butter From Middle High German buter, butter, from Old High German butera, from Proto-West Germanic *buterā (“butter”). Though originally feminine, the word became masculine throughout Upper German and in southern dialects of West Central German. The now established feminine gender is East Central German, reinforced by Middle Low German boter f.

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