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poteEnglish (en) · Unnumbered etymologySource text
From Middle English poten, from Old English potian (“to push, thrust, strike, butt, goad”), from Proto-West Germanic *putōn, from Proto-Germanic *putōną (“to stab, push, poke”). Cognate with Dutch poten (“to plant”), Norwegian Nynorsk pota (“to poke”). More at put.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗PoteEnglish (en) · Unnumbered etymologySource text
English surname, possibly adapted from German Pothe, a variant of the surname Poth.
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