Reconstruction:Latin/buttia
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Byzantine Greek βούττια (boúttia, plural of βούττιον (boúttion)), from Ancient Greek βοῦττις (boûttis), possibly borrowed from Pre-Greek. Doublet of buttis (“cask, barrel”).
Possibly attested as butia in the Appendix Probi under the heading ‘always-plural neuter nouns’ (nomina generis neutri semper pluralis numeri). This is unverifiable, however, since no definition is given there.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbott͡sʲa/
Noun
*buttia f (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)
Reconstruction notes
Possibly also the origin of Italian boccia, but this is debated.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | */ˈbot͡sʲa/ | */ˈbot͡sʲas/ |
| oblique | */ˈbot͡sʲa/ | */ˈbot͡sʲas/ |
Descendants
References
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “*bŭttia”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 1: A–B, page 660