An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Bottich

by Friedrich Kluge

Bottich, m, ‘tub, vat,’ from the equivalent Middle High German botech, boteche, m, Old High German botahha, feminine; it is probably related to the cognates of Bütte; compare further Anglo-Saxon bodig, English body, Old High German budeming, perhaps also Modern High German Boden?. Considering the derivative of Modern High German Bischof from episcopus, we may assume that Bottich is allied to Latin-Greek apotheca; compare Italian bottega (French boutique).