potsherd

Bedeutung (Englisch)

A piece of ceramic from pottery, often found on an archaeological site.

Übersetzungen

potscherf

θραύσμα αγγείου

teulís

pot à fleurs

γλάστρα

pot de fleurs

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/ˈpɒt.ʃɜːd/
Etymologie (Englisch)

In summary

From Middle English pot-sherd, pot-schord, pot scherd, pot scarth, from Middle English pot, pote, potte (“a container, pot, vessel; especially an earthenware vessel”) (from late Old English pot, pott (“a pot”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *budn- (“a type of vessel”)) + Middle English sherd (“piece of fired clay or broken earthenware; potsherd”) (from Old English sceard (“a shard, sherd”), from Proto-Germanic *skardą (“a nick, notch”)); equivalent to pot + sherd (“shard”).

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