Edited sentence: abouter "(trade term) to join the ends of something" ( < à + OFr boter < Frk bautan, bōtan (cf Frk but "end", ON bútr) < Gmc).aboutir "to arrive at, end in" ( < à + OFr boter < Frk bautan, bōtan (cf Frk but "end", ON bútr) < Gmc)