Etymology

Poth

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Today it means: A surname. Full definition →

Middle Low German pütte ← Old Saxon putti ← Proto-West Germanic *puti
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The story

  1. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*puti
  2. Old Saxon · derived fromputti
  3. Middle Low German · derived frompütte“pool, puddle”
  4. English todayPoth

North German surname, from Middle Low German pütte (“pool, puddle”), from Old Saxon putti, from Proto-West Germanic *puti.

Words from the same roots

Proto-West Germanic*puti all →

pit

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.