Reconstruction:Old Dutch/but
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This Old Dutch entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Old Dutch
Alternative reconstructions
- *butt (both senses)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *butt (“stumpy”), from Proto-Germanic *buttaz (“stumpy”). The noun derives from the fact that the fish was considered stumpily shaped.
Adjective
*but
Inflection
Declension of *but (a-stem)
| strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| case | masculine | feminine | neuter | plural | ||
| nominative | *but | *but | *but | *butta, *butte | ||
| accusative | *buttan, *butten | *butta | *but | *butta, *butte | ||
| genitive | *buttes | *buttero | *buttes | *buttero | ||
| dative | *buttin, *buttemo | *buttero | *buttin, *buttemo | *button | ||
| weak declension | ||||||
| case | masculine | feminine | neuter | plural | ||
| nominative | *butto | *butta | *butta | *button | ||
| accusative | *button | *button | *butta | *button | ||
| genitive | *buttin | *button | *buttin | *buttono | ||
| dative | *buttin | *button | *buttin | *button | ||
Descendants
Noun
*but m
- flounder (fish)
Inflection
Declension of *but (masculine a-stem noun)
Descendants
Futher reading
- “but”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012