Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗The soft foot of a mammal or other animal, generally a quadruped, that has claws or nails; comparable to a human hand or foot. · A hand.
Of an animal, to dig through (something, such as a garbage can) with paws. · Of an animal, to draw the forefoot along the ground; to beat or scrape with the forefoot. · To touch (someone) in a sexual way. · To clumsily dig (through something).
From Middle English pawe, from Old French poue, poe, from Vulgar Latin *pauta. Further origin unknown, perhaps from Frankish *pōta, from Frankish *pōtōn (“to put, stick, plant”), from Proto-Germanic *putōną, whence also Old English potian (“to push”), pȳtan (“to put out, poke out”). See more at put. Doublet of pote, put, and putt. Cognate with Dutch poot, poten (“to plant”), Low German Pote, German Pfote, Icelandic pota (“to stick”).
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