Etymology

yote

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Today it means: To pour water on; pour in. Full definition →

Middle English yoten ← Old English ġēotan ← Proto-West Germanic *geutan
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yote · verb1

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*ǵʰewd-“to pour”
  2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*geutaną“to pour”
  3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*geutan
  4. Old English · inherited fromġēotan“to pour”
  5. Middle English · inherited fromyoten
  6. English todayyote

From Middle English yoten, yeten (“to pour”), from Old English ġēotan (“to pour”), from Proto-West Germanic *geutan, from Proto-Germanic *geutaną (“to pour”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- (“to pour”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian joote (“to pour”), West Frisian jitte (“to pour”), Dutch gieten (“to pour”), German gießen (“to pour”), Danish gyde (“to pour”). Related to gush, geyser.

yote · noun2

Apheretic form of coyote.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishġēotan all →

yetewte

Proto-West Germanic*geutan all →

yetewte

Proto-Germanic*geutaną all →

yetingotewte

Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰewd- all →

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