otter
Dutch (Brabantic)
/ˈɔ.tər/
noun
Definitions
- otter
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch otter inherited from Old Dutch *ottar inherited from *ot(t)r inherited from Proto-Germanic *utraz (otter) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *udrós (water-animal, otter, aquatic, water animal, of water), *wed- (water, wet).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*wed-
Gloss
water, wet
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
水
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Otterhound English
- otter English
- otterish English
- otterless English
- otterlike English
- otterskin English
- ottery English
- aqua vitae Latin
- lutra Latin
- utrem Latin
- otteren Dutch, Flemish
- zee Dutch, Flemish
- zeeotter Dutch, Flemish
- во́дка Russian
- ὑδρο- Ancient Greek
- ὕδρος Ancient Greek
- ὕδωρ Ancient Greek
- *u-né-d-ti, *u-n-d-énti Proto-Indo-European
- *udreh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *udréh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *udrós Proto-Indo-European
- *wed- Proto-Indo-European
- *wedro- Proto-Indo-European
- *wédōr Proto-Indo-European
- *wódr̥ Proto-Indo-European
- *utraz Proto-Germanic
- *waskaną Proto-Germanic
- *wet Proto-Germanic
- *wētijaną Proto-Germanic
- otor Old English
- oter Middle English
- otr Old Norse
- odder Danish
- otter Middle Dutch
- wâter Middle Dutch
- uisge-beatha Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- *ot(t)r gmw-pro
- *ottar Old Dutch
- *biwotos Proto-Celtic
- *udenskyos Proto-Celtic
- *utnio- Proto-Celtic
- *udrás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *udrijā Proto-Albanian
- *wandō Proto-Balto-Slavic
- 𐬎𐬛𐬭𐬀 Avestan