splott

See also: Splott

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *splott, from Proto-Germanic *spluttaz (“segment”), from Proto-Indo-European *splt-no- (“an off-split, segment”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pel- (“to split”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /splott/, [splot]

Noun

splott m (nominative plural splottas)

  1. a plot or parcel of land
  2. a spot

Inflection

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative splott splottas
accusative splott splottas
genitive splottes splotta
dative splotte splottum

Derived terms

  • æcersplott
  • friþsplott
  • ġesplottod
  • landsplott
  • mǣdsplott

Descendants

  • Middle English: splot
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