spot

Middle Dutch

noun

Definitions

joke, jest
mockery, derision

Etymology

Inherited from Old Dutch *spot inherited from Proto-Germanic *sputtaz.

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*sputtaz

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

spot Dutch, Flemish
spotten Dutch, Flemish
*sputtaz Proto-Germanic
*spuþþaz Proto-Germanic
spotten Middle Dutch
*spot Old Dutch
*spotton Old Dutch

spotten