puit

a frog

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pœy̯t/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: puut

Inherited from Old Dutch: pūt

Cognate with English: pod

Cognate with Swedish: puta

Cognate with French: bouder

In summary

From Middle Dutch puut (“frog”), from Old Dutch pūt, from Proto-Germanic *put-, *pud- (“to swell”). Compare dialectal English pod (“belly”), pout (“a kind of fish”), Swedish puta (“to pout”). Akin to French bouder.

Synonyms

kikker

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kikvors

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vors

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