botter
Afrikaans
noun
Definitions
- (uncountable) butter; a soft, fatty foodstuff made from the cream of milk
- butter type
- (chemistry) butter; any specific soft substance
Etymology
Inherited from Dutch, Flemish boter (butter) inherited from Middle Dutch bōter inherited from Old Dutch *butera derived from Latin būtȳrum derived from Ancient Greek βούτυρον (cow cheese).
Origin
Ancient Greek
βούτυρον
Gloss
cow cheese
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bull butter English
- butter English
- butter-ham English
- butterable English
- butterball English
- butterbird English
- butterbur English
- butterburger English
- butterbutt English
- buttercream English
- buttercross English
- buttercrunch English
- buttercup English
- butterdock English
- butterer English
- butterfat English
- butterfingered English
- butterfingers English
- butterfish English
- butterfly English
- butterhead English
- butterhorn English
- butterish English
- butterleaf English
- butterless English
- butterlike English
- butterman English
- buttermilk English
- buttermint English
- butternut English
- butteroil English
- butterweed English
- butterwoman English
- butterwort English
- buttery English
- clarified butter English
- cookie butter English
- nonbutter English
- butyrum Latin
- būtȳrum Latin
- Butter German
- burro Italian
- boter Dutch, Flemish
- boterberg Dutch, Flemish
- botergeel Dutch, Flemish
- botergeil Dutch, Flemish
- boterham Dutch, Flemish
- boterkoek Dutch, Flemish
- botermarkt Dutch, Flemish
- boterschijte Dutch, Flemish
- botervlieg Dutch, Flemish
- botervlinder Dutch, Flemish
- botervrouw Dutch, Flemish
- boterwaag Dutch, Flemish
- cacaoboter Dutch, Flemish
- jakboter Dutch, Flemish
- kunstboter Dutch, Flemish
- roomboter Dutch, Flemish
- butyrique French
- βούτυρον Ancient Greek
- βούτυρον, βούτῡρον Ancient Greek
- βούτῡρον Ancient Greek
- βοῦς Ancient Greek
- τυρός Ancient Greek
- バター Japanese
- botere Old English
- buter Middle English
- bure Old French
- butero Esperanto
- boter Middle Dutch
- bueter Middle Dutch
- bōter Middle Dutch
- beurre Norman
- burre Norman
- bür Norman
- *buterā gmw-pro
- *butera Old Dutch
- 白脫 Chinese
- путер Macedonian
- 버터 Korean
- butir Maltese
- ibhotela Zulu
- bōta Marshallese
- buturo Old Spanish
- ibhotolo Xhosa
- bata Tok Pisin
- bata prut Tok Pisin
- butir Dalmatian
- waiūpaka Hawaiian
- botro Sranan Tongo
- putël Unami