loiter

(Îngilîzî)

Pircarînî

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Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin
/ˈlɔɪtə(ɹ)/
Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

In summary

From Middle English loitren, from Middle Dutch loteren ("to shake, wag, wobble"; > modern Dutch leuteren (“to dawdle, ramble”)), ultimately connected with a frequentative form of Proto-Germanic *lūtaną (“to bend, stoop, cower, shrink from, decline”), see lout. Cognate with Dutch leuteren (“to dawdle”), Alemannic German lottern (“to wobble”), German Lotterbube (“rascal”). More at lout, little.

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