fat

Swedish

noun
Definitions
  • saucer; a small dish
  • plate (serving dish)
  • barrel (oil or wine), cask, keg (beer)
  • barrel; a unit of volume. Usually referring to the oil barrel of 158.9873 liters

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse fat (vessel, cover, blanket, garment, vat, clothing, luggage) inherited from Proto-Germanic *fatą (vessel, container) derived from Proto-Indo-European *pod- (vessel).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*pod-

Gloss

vessel

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