Zotte

(Engels)

a flock of hair or fur clotted by moisture, dirt etc.

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈt͡sɔtə/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle High German: zote

Geërf van Old High German: zota

Verwante met Engels: tod

Verwante met Old Norse: taða

In summary

From Middle High German zote, from Old High German zota (alongside zoto m), from a Proto-Germanic *tud-. Immediately comparable with Dutch tod, English tod (“bush, flock”), and perhaps Old Norse toddi (“piece”). Also related with Old High German zata, zato (“flock”), Old Norse taða (“manured meadow”), from Proto-Germanic *tadǭ. Probably from the root Proto-Indo-European *deh₂- (“to split, cut, divide”). Lack of lengthening before -t- is regular in Upper German, so there is no need to assume ideophonic gemination (though this is possible). A Central German doublet is Zote (“dirty joke”), which see.

Sinonieme

Darmzotte

Vertalings

haar

haarbosje

villus

villo

houppe

touffe de poils

tüy

τρίχα

bağırsa içi kılsı çıkıntı

wool

dag

touffe