Butz

See also: bütz

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Old High German puzzi.

Proper noun

Butz m

(Urseren) A field in the canton of Uri, Switzerland.

References

Abegg, Emil (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & co., page 20.

Central Franconian

Etymology

Onomatopoeic; compare southern German Bussi (“kiss”) and similar forms in many languages. But possibly based on, or conflated with, a derivative of Proto-Germanic *bautaną (“to push”). A second sense “push” is attested for some Central Franconian dialects. It may even be the older one if Dutch botsen (“collide”) is borrowed from it (as supposed in some of the literature).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /buts/

Noun

Butz m (plural Bütz, diminutive Bützje)

(chiefly Ripuarian) kiss
Jevv mer ens e Bützje odder häs de mich nemmieh jään?
So give me a kiss, or don’t you love me anymore?

Derived terms

bütze

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