Zotte

Significat (Anglès)

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

Sinònims

Darmzotte

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈt͡sɔtə/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de alt alemany mitjà: zote

Heretat de alt alemany antic: zota

Cognat amb anglès: tod

Cognat amb nòrdic antic: taða

In summary

From Middle High German zote with ideophonic gemination of t > tt, from Old High German zota (alongside zata and zoto m, zato), from Proto-Germanic *tadǭ (“tousled mass”) (whence also English tod (“bush, flock”), Old Norse taða (“manured meadow”)), from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂-tós, a participial form of *deh₂- (“to split, cut, divide”). The form shows Upper German hindrance of lengthening before -t- (as predominantly in Modern German); a Central German doublet is Zote (“dirty joke”), which see.