butuc

Romanian

Etymology

Uncertain. 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-Germanic *bautaną (“to push, strike”).[1]

Compare bot.

Noun

butuc m (plural butuci)

  1. trunk (of a tree), stump
  2. log
  3. block
  4. hub (of a wheel)

Synonyms

References
  1. von Wartburg, Walther (1928-2002), “*bottia”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 10, page 469
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