butuc

== Romanian == === Etymology === Unknown. Possibly from a Vulgar Latin root *bot(t)um, *bottia (“bump”) + -uc, a Germanic borrowing, from Frankish *boce (“knob”), from Old High German bozzan (“to beat”), from Proto-West Germanic *bautan (“to push, strike”). Compare bot. === Pronunciation === === Noun === butuc m (plural butuci) trunk (of a tree), stump Synonym: trunchi log Synonyms: buștean, buturugă block hub (of a wheel) ==== Declension ==== === References ===