köken: From late Middle High German biute, borrowed from Middle Low German büte, whence also the forms in other languages like Dutch buit, English booty, French butin. Of uncertain ultimate origin; possibly a Celtic borrowing, from Proto-Celtic *boudi (“victory, booty, spoils”). If so, related to the name of Boudica, a British Celtic queen.
loot, booty (the proceeds of theft, robbery etc., swag, contraband) · what is obtained or amassed by laborious collection · what is collected by insects such as bees or ants; a load of pollen, nectar, etc.
the spoil, booty taken by violence, as in war · the loot, fruits of crime · a hunter's prey
köken: 16th century, borrowed from Middle Low German büte, whence also German Beute and eventually all other related forms. Of uncertain ultimate origin; possibly a Celtic borrowing, from Proto-Celtic *boudi (“victory, booty, spoils”). If so, related to the name of Boudica, a British Celtic queen.
köken: From Middle Low German bǖte, of uncertain ultimate origin; possibly a Celtic borrowing, from Proto-Celtic *boudi (“victory, booty, spoils”). If so, related to the name of Boudica, a British Celtic queen. This source is comparable to German Beute, late Old Norse býti, and Swedish byte; also French butin (hence English booty).
köken: Per the Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary (BED), this is a Balkan word that's probably a Greek-Albanian-Bulgarian hybrid. BED derives it from the stem πλακ- (plak-) of Greek πλακώνω (plakóno, “to crush, to press; to attack by surprise”), whence also Albanian pllakos and Aromanian aplucusescu. Balkan cognates include Serbo-Croatian пљачка, Macedonian пљачка (pljačka), Albanian plaçkë, Greek…