stoat

Betekenis (Engels)

Mustela erminea, the ermine or short-tailed weasel, a mustelid native to Eurasia and North America, distinguished from the least weasel by its larger size and longer tail with a prominent black tip.

Sinonieme

ermine

short-tailed weasel

ferret

miniver

mink

weasel

mountain weasel

badger

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Nearctic ermine

fitch

marten

Vertalings

armiño

hermine

Hermelin

ermellino

arminho

ερμίνα

Mustela erminea

hermelijn

ermini

kakım

ermina

Wiesel

as

Kurzschwanzwiesel

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈstəʊt/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: stote

Verwante met Old Norse: stutr

Verwante met Sweeds: stut

Verwante met Deens: stud

Verwante met Engels: stot

In summary

From Middle English stote (“the ermine, especially in its brown summer coat”), of uncertain origin. The word bears some resemblance to Old Norse stutr (“bull”), Swedish stut (“bull, steer”) and Danish stud (“steer”) (see also English stot), but the semantic link is difficult unless a common origin is from “(brown?) male mammal”. First attested in the mid 1400s.