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Otter
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otter
English
River +, Devon
Pronunciation
en UK
en /ˈɒtə/ RP,Northern England,Wales
en /ˈɔtə/ SSB
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-otter.wav Southern England
en /ˈɔtəɾ/ Scotland
ŏtʹər GA, en /ˈɑtɚ/ [(ʔ)ɑɾɚ]
en /ˈɔtə/ [ˈɔɾə] AU
en /ˈɒtə/ [ˈɔ̟ɾə] ~ [ˈɞ̠ɾə] NZ
en otter ; odder<aa:US>
en ɒtə(ɹ) 2
Proper noun
en river with its source in the Blackdown Hills, co/Somerset and which flows through co/Devon to Lyme Bay in the strait/English Channel.
Related terms
en Otterford Otterhead Otterton Ottery St Mary
Anagrams
en eortt toter Treto toret torte Ortet Tetro ortet ETRTO
German
Pronunciation
de /ˈɔtɐ/
de De-Otter.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Etymology 1
de otter
de ine-pro *wed-
de gem-pro ine-pro 1
From de gmh otter, from de goh ottar, from de gmw-pro *otr.
Noun
m
otter
Declension
m
Hyponyms
de Fischotter
de Seeotter
Derived terms
de otterartig
de Otterart
de Otterfell
Further reading
Otter_Marder Otter (Marder)
Otter#1
Etymology 2
de adder
From early New High German de nō̆ter, eastern secondary form of de gmh nāter, from de goh nātara. Originally the same word as de Natter 1 colubrid, which see.
The form is based on the common dialectal development -ā- → -ō- with subsequent irregular shortening. Loss of initial n- is a common development in the Germanic languages and is due to metanalysis, i.e. the unetymological segmentation of preceding endings or articles, for example: *eine notter, dialectally *en notter → *en‿otter. The same happened in nl adder and en adder. The German form was spread by Luther.
Noun
f
viper, adder
Usage notes
At least outside of scientific parlance, this word is chiefly restricted to compound words, to avoid confusion with Etymology 1.
Declension
f
Hyponyms
de Kreuzotter
de Korallenotter
de Bergotter
de Stülpnasenotter
Derived terms
de Otternartige
de Otterngezücht
Further reading
Otter_Viper Otter (Viper)
Otter#2
de Mustelids Vipers
Saterland Frisian
thumb|n'Otter.
Etymology
stq ine-pro *wed-
stq gem-pro ine-pro 1
From stq ofs *otter, from stq gmw-pro *otr. Cognates include fy otter.
Pronunciation
stq /ˈɔtər/
stq Ot ter
Noun
m Ottere
otter
Derived terms
stq Fiskotter
References
stq Mustelids