Botter

Etymology

From Middle Low German botter, boter, from Old Saxon *butera, from Proto-Germanic *buterǭ, from Latin būtȳrum, from Ancient Greek βούτῡρον (boútūron, literally “cow cheese”). Cognate with German Butter, Dutch boter, English butter, West Frisian bûter.

Noun

Botter

1. butter
   • 1991, Ulrich Tolksdorf, Ermländische Protokolle: Alltagserzählungen in Mundart, Gloms on Dwarg wurd ook jemoakt, page 212:

     on denn sull doa Botter ware

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Etymology

From Old High German butira, from Proto-Germanic *buterǭ, from Latin būtȳrum, from Ancient Greek βούτῡρον (boútūron, literally “cow cheese”). Cognate with German Butter, Dutch boter, English butter, West Frisian bûter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbotɐ/

Noun

Botter m (uncountable)

1. butter