Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryAn aquatic or marine carnivorous mammal in the subfamily Lutrinae. · The flesh or fur of this animal · A hairy man with a slender physique, in contrast with a bear, who is more thickset.
From Middle English oter, otir, otur, otyre, from Old English otor, from Proto-West Germanic *otr, from Proto-Germanic *utraz, from Proto-Indo-European *udrós (“aquatic, water-animal”), from Proto-Indo-European *wed- (“water”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Otter, Dutch otter, German Otter, Swedish utter, Norwegian oter, Icelandic otur, Sanskrit उद्र (udrá), Russian вы́дра (výdra), and Ancient Greek ὕδρα (húdra, “water snake”). Doublet of Hydra and hydra. More etymology under English water.
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Root classification mention*wed-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionoterenm
- Inherited-form mentionotorang
- Inherited-form mention*otrgmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*utrazgem-pro
- Inherited-form mention*udrósine-pro · aquatic, water-animal
- Derivation mention*wed-ine-pro · water
- Cognate mentionOtterstq
- Cognate mentionotternl
- Cognate mentionOtterde
- Cognate mentionuttersv
- Cognate mentionoterno
- Cognate mentionoturis
- Cognate mentionउद्रsa
- Cognate mentionвы́драru
- Cognate mentionὕδραgrc · water snake
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