oter
Middle English
/ˈɔtər/
noun
Definitions
- An otter kind of aquatic mammal
- The hide, skin or pelt of an otter.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English otor 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).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*udrós
Gloss
water-animal, otter, aquatic, water animal, of water
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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
- lutra Latin
- ὕδρος Ancient Greek
- *udrós Proto-Indo-European
- *wed- Proto-Indo-European
- *utraz Proto-Germanic
- otor Old English
- otr Old Norse
- *ot(t)r gmw-pro
- *ottar Old Dutch
- *udrás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- 𐬎𐬛𐬭𐬀 Avestan