til

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (feminine) dovecote
2. (dialectal, feminine) bridge (typically a small wooden bridge made of planks)
3. (dated, feminine) cage trap (for catching birds)

Verb

1. (first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular) inflection of tillen:
2. (form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular) inflection of tillen:
3. (form-of, imperative) inflection of tillen:

tillen

1. (intransitive, transitive) to lift, to raise
2. (informal, intransitive, transitive) to scam, to con

Lees verder

Vertalingen

cot

cote

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/tɪl/

Etymologie (Engels)

Uncertain. Possibly deverbal from tillen (“to lift up”); some early attestations of the word refer specifically to the hatch used to close off a dovecote. The meaning "dovecote" then originates as a pars pro toto usage.
An alternative possibility is that the word represents a Frisian form corresponding to deel (“plank”) (referring to a plank on which doves are kept), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *þiljǭ.