Etymology

goetta

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Today it means: A breakfast sausage made with ground meat, oats, and spices, popular in the greater Cincinnati area. Full definition →

German Low German Götte ← Middle Low German grütte ← Old Saxon gruttia
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The story

  1. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*gruti
  2. Old Saxon · derived fromgruttia
  3. Middle Low German · derived fromgrütte
  4. German Low German · borrowed fromGötte
  5. English todaygoetta

Borrowed from German Low German Götte, Görte, byforms of Grütte, from Middle Low German grütte, from Old Saxon gruttia, from Proto-West Germanic *gruti.

Words from the same roots

Proto-West Germanic*gruti all →

grit

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