buttis

Latin

Etymology

Found in Late Latin. Probably via Greek (compare Ancient Greek πυτίνη (putínē, “flask”), ultimately from the imitative Proto-Indo-European *bʰeHw- (“to swell, puff”). Also see German Bütte.

Noun

buttis

cask, barrel

Derived terms

butticula
buttia

Descendants

Catalan: bot
Italian: botte
Old Portuguese:
- Galician: bota
Old Spanish:
- Spanish: boto, bota
Romanian: bute
→ Albanian: but
→ Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: бу̑цањ

Latin: bȗcanj
→ Slovene: búča
⇒ Late Latin: butticula (possibly)
- Old French: botele
  - French: bouteille (see there for further descendants)
  - Norman: boutelle
  - → Breton: boutailh
  - → Cornish: bottel
  - → Manx: boteil
  - → Middle English: botel
    - English: bottle (see there for further descendants)
  - → Middle Irish: buidél
    - Irish: buidéal
  - → Welsh: potel
- Old Occitan: botelha
  - Catalan: botella
  - Occitan: botelha
- Old Portuguese:
  - Portuguese: botelha
    - → Assamese: বটল (botol) (or from English bottle)
    - → Hindi: बोतल (botal)
- Sicilian: buttigghia
- Spanish: botija