köken: In its modern form pertaining to Bottich (“tub”), but not directly related to it. Instead from Middle Low German bödeker with the Low German suffix -ker from böde (“barrel”) (compare Bütt); in early modern German (East Central German) adapted to the High German consonantism as botticher (at that time possibly already associated with Bottich).
köken: Etymology tree Pre-Greekbor.? Ancient Greek βοῦττις (boûttis)der. Byzantine Greek βούττια (boúttia)bor. Vulgar Latin *buttiabor. Proto-West Germanic *buttjā Old High German *butta Middle High German bütte Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old High German -āri Middle High German -ære Middle High…
köken: From Middle Low German bodiker, also borrowed to German Böttcher. Derived from bōde (“barrel”), butte (“barrel”) (whence Danish bøtte), German Bütte, borrowed via Medieval Latin butina from Ancient Greek πυτίνη (putínē), βυτίνη (butínē, “flask”). Another possibility, preferred in older literature, is a derivation from Middle Low German bodik (whence Danish buddike), German Bottich (“tub”),…