An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Beutheie

by Friedrich Kluge

Beutheie, feminine, ‘cooper's mallet for driving on the hoops.’ Beut- like Beutel, ‘beetle,’ belongs properly to Low German; -heie, hammer, from Middle High German heie, Old High German heia, ‘hammer’; hence Beutheie, ‘driving hammer.’