Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
To talk much and to little purpose; to be loquacious; to speak foolishly.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTalk to little purpose; trifling talk; unmeaningful loquacity.
From Middle English praten; either inherited from Old English prætt or borrowed via Middle Dutch or Middle Low German praten (from Old Saxon *pratt), all from Proto-West Germanic *prattu, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *prattuz (“idle or boastful talk, deceit”), from Proto-Indo-European *bred- (“to wander, rove”). Related to Dutch praten (“to talk, chat”), Low German praten, dated German pfrassen, Danish prate, Swedish prata (“to talk, prate”), Faroese práta (“to talk, gossip”), Icelandic prata;; also cognate with Polish bredzić (“to rave, jabber”), Latvian bradāt (“to talk nonsense”).
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentionpratenenm
- Inherited-form mentionprættang
- Derivation mentionpratengml
- Derivation mention*prattosx
- Derivation mention*prattugmw-pro
- Derivation mention*prattuzgem-pro · idle or boastful talk, deceit
- Derivation mention*bred-ine-pro · to wander, rove
- Cognate mentionpratennl · to talk, chat
- Cognate mentionpratennds
- Cognate mentionpfrassende
- Cognate mentionprateda
- Cognate mentionpratasv · to talk, prate
- Cognate mentionprátafo · to talk, gossip
- Cognate mentionpratais
- Cognate mentionbredzićpl · to rave, jabber
- Cognate mentionbradātlv · to talk nonsense
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