atter
English
/ˈætə/
noun
Definitions
- (archaic) Poison, venom, especially of a venomous animal.
- (archaic) Pus, corrupt or morbid matter from a sore or wound.
- (UK) Epithelium produced on the tongue.
- (UK) A scab; a dry sore.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English atter inherited from Old English āttor inherited from *ait(t)r inherited from Proto-Germanic *aitrą (gland, matter) derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyd- (swell).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂eyd-
Gloss
swell
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- attercop English
- atterly English
- attern English
- attery English
- cop English
- mad as a hatter English
- aemidus Latin
- Eiter German
- Eiterbeule German
- Eiterfluss German
- eiterig German
- eitern German
- eiterweiß German
- eitrig German
- etter Dutch, Flemish
- etterbuil Dutch, Flemish
- etterig Dutch, Flemish
- *h₂eyd- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂oyd- Proto-Indo-European
- *aitrą Proto-Germanic
- etter Swedish
- ator Old English
- ātor Old English
- āttor Old English
- atter Middle English
- attercoppe Middle English
- atterlich Middle English
- attern Middle English
- attery Middle English
- eitr Old Norse
- eitur Icelandic
- etter Middle Dutch
- eitar Old High German
- այտ Old Armenian
- այտնում Old Armenian
- eiter Middle High German
- Eeter Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *ait(t)r gmw-pro
- *ēttar Old Dutch
- ātter Old Frisian
- Atter Saterland Frisian