tott
See also: tøtt
Gutnish
Etymology
From Old Norse þótt, from þó + at.
Conjunction
tott
Icelandic
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɔht
Noun
tott n (genitive singular totts, no plural)
Declension
| singular | ||
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | tott | tottið |
| accusative | tott | tottið |
| dative | totti | tottinu |
| genitive | totts | tottsins |
Derived terms
References
- Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “tott”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɔtː/
- Homophone: tått
Etymology 1
From Old Norse þáttr. Doublet of tått.
Noun
tott m (definite singular totten, indefinite plural tottar, definite plural tottane)
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Etymology 2
Adverb
tott
- tautly (of ropes)
Etymology 3
Verb
tott
- (non-standard since 1917) supine of tykkja
- 1912, Peter Hognestad, Det Gamle testamentet og bibelsoga [The Old Testament and Biblical Story], Kristiania: Aschehoug, page 66:
- Dei hev tott han lurde Esau godt.
- They'd thought they tricked Esau.
References
- “tott” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romagnol
Pronoun
tott
- everyone
- 1920, Olindo Guerrini, edited by Zanichelli, Sonetti romagnoli, published 1967:
- E dai! Tott quent i l'ha cun la Rumâgna
- Come on! Everyone is down on Romagna
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse þáttr, from Proto-Germanic *þanhtu-, from Proto-Indo-European *tonk-tu-.[1] According to Pokorny, this is related to *tek- (“to weave, to plait”),[2] see also Latin texō (“to weave”), Old High German dūhen (“to press”).
Noun
tott c
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | tott | totts |
| definite | totten | tottens | |
| plural | indefinite | tottar | tottars |
| definite | tottarna | tottarnas |
Derived terms
- lintott
- ulltott
- rödtott
References
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “þanhtu”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 533
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1058
Further reading
- tott in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
- tott in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)