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Middle High German

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle Low German bûte, büte,[1][2] possibly ultimately from Proto-Celtic *boudi (profit, gains; victory), perhaps via Old Dutch *būti.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈbyːtə/

Noun

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biute f[1][2]

  1. spoils, booty
  2. allotment

Declension

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Descendants

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  • German: Beute
  • Yiddish: בײַטן (baytn)
  • Old Czech: bít, bíta[3]

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Beute¹”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 81
  2. 2.0 2.1 de Vries, Jan (1971) “buit”, in Nederlands etymologisch woordenboek [Dutch etymological dictionary] (in Dutch), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 94
  3. ^ Newerkla, Stefan Michael (2011) “bít, bíta”, in Sprachkontakte Deutsch – Tschechisch – Slowakisch: Wörterbuch der deutschen Lehnwörter im Tschechischen und Slowakischen: historische Entwicklung, Beleglage, bisherige und neue Deutungen (Schriften über Sprachen und Texte; 7) (in German), 2nd edition, Frankfurt: Peter Lang, →ISBN, page 155