释义 |
bhau- To strike. Oldest form *bheh2u‑, colored to *bhah2u‑, becoming *bhau‑. Derivatives include beat, buttock, halibut, button, and refute.- beat, from Old English bēatan, to beat, from Germanic *bautan.
- beetle3; battledore, from Old English bȳtl, hammer, mallet, from Germanic *bautilaz, hammer.
- baste3, probably from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse beysta, to beat, denominative from Germanic *baut-sti‑.
- buttock, from Old English diminutive buttuc, end, strip of land, from Germanic *būtaz.
- halibut, from Middle Dutch butte, flatfish;
- turbot, from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Swedish but, flatfish. Both a and b from Germanic *butt‑, name for a flatfish.
- bouton, butt1, button, buttress; abut, rebut, sackbut, from Old French bo(u)ter, to strike, push, from Germanic *buttan.
- Variant zero-grade form *bhū‑ (< *bhuə‑, metathesized from *bhəu‑). Suffixed form *bhū-t-ā‑.
- confute, from Latin cōnfūtāre, to check, suppress, restrain (com‑, intensive prefix; see kom);
- refute, from Latin refūtāre, to drive back, rebut (re‑, back; see re-).
- Possibly reduced suffixed form *bhu-tu‑ (*bhəu‑) footle; clafoutis, from Latin futuere, to have intercourse with (a woman).
[Pokorny 1. bhā̆u‑ 112.] |
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