An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Butzen

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, B
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis

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2518627An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, B — ButzenJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

Butzen, masculine, ‘core, snuff (of candles),’ first occurs in Modern High German; cognate with the equivalent Swiss bœ̄ke, feminine (bätzi, bätzgi). The structure of the word resembles Modern High German (dialectic) Großen; see under Griebs. Probably, therefore, represents *bugze, *bûgaȥ (Swiss bœ̄ke, from *bauggyô)?.