Buta

Cf. Latin Bute (LAG 343; RTAS 91), Buts (RTAS 91), ave. Buth, Butt ¹, Bute, Buthe, Butho ². Along with Butà, surnames with a long ū at the root are known - Būtà. The relationship between Butà and Būtà is not entirely clear. Of course, there are more such cases where the root of surnames has but- or būt-, cf. Bùtautas - Bū́tautas, Butaũtis - Būtaũtis, Bùtė - Bū̃tė, Butė́nas - Būtḗnas, Butēnis - Būtēnis, Bùtins - Bū́tins, Bùtnor - Bū̃tnors, Bùtnorius - Bū̃tnorius, Butri̇mas - Būtri̇̀mas, Bùtvyd - Bū̃tvydas, Butvilà - Būtvilà, Bùtvilas - Bū̃tvilas. Now it is not easy to say what determined the length or the shortness of the root vowel. Sometimes these can be reflexes of dialectal phonetics, sometimes - simply writing inaccuracies, but cases of apophony of root vowels are also possible ³. Cf. still in Latv. Buta-kalns, Butaishi village. and Bũta village, Bũtaiši village. ⁴. Pvt. Butà, Būtà are likely to be related to lit. to be, to be, bùtas, etc. Apparently, and most of the other pvd mentioned above. root (sandas) but-, būt- are of similar origin. In the case of the surnames Butà, Būtà, Bùtas, similar personal names from other languages ​​cannot be overlooked: Lenk. Buth, Butha (SSNO I 287), Buth, Butte, Buta ⁵, Czech. Buta ⁶, bRuss. Бут, Бута ⁷, Russian. Бутъ ⁸ and others.