butuc

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Romanian

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

Unknown. Possibly from a Vulgar Latin root *bot(t)um, *bottia (bump) + -uc, a Germanic borrowing, from Frankish *boce (knob), from Old High German bozzan (to beat), from Proto-West Germanic *bautan (to push, strike).[1] Compare bot.

Pronunciation

[edit]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

[edit]

butuc m (plural butuci)

  1. trunk (of a tree), stump
    Synonym: trunchi
  2. log
    Synonyms: buștean, buturugă
  3. block
  4. hub (of a wheel)

Declension

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*bottia”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 1: A–B, page 469