Vrouwelijk

tette

(Engels)

nipple (of an animal)

Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/tɛt/
Etymologie (Engels)

In summary

Inherited from Old French tete, probably from Frankish or West Germanic *titta, from Proto-Germanic *titt- (“teat; nipple; breast”), from Proto-Indo-European *tata- (“father; parent; nipple”). Compare Dutch tiet, German Zitze, English tit, teat. Compare also Late Latin titta, Italian tetta, Spanish teta. Possibly ultimately an expressive formation found in many languages.

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