ette

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See also: -ette

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch ette (“judge”), from Old Dutch *atto, from Proto-West Germanic *attō, from Proto-Germanic *attô (“father”), from Proto-Indo-European *átta.

In either the Frankish or Old Dutch part of the word's history, the word shifted in meaning from “father” to “judge”, analogous to how in Latin the word patres (“fathers”) took the additional meaning “senators”.

Cognate with Old High German atto (Middle High German atte, Alemannic German Ätti).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛ.tə/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: et‧te
  • Rhymes: -ɛtə

Noun

ette m (plural etten, diminutive etje n)

  1. (history) judge in Drenthe
  2. (obsolete) judge

Synonyms

Derived terms

Estonian

Etymology

From ees.

Postposition

ette

  1. before, in front of

Adverb

ette (not comparable)

  1. in advance, ahead

Finnish

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Verb

ette

  1. second-person plural indicative of ei

Anagrams

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: et‧te

Etymology 1

From a modified e(sz)- stem of eszik +‎ -tte.

Verb

ette

  1. third-person singular indicative past definite of eszik

Participle

ette

  1. verbal participle of eszik
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From a modified e(sz)- stem of esz +‎ -tte.

Verb

ette

  1. third-person singular indicative past definite of esz

Mayo

Noun

ette (plural éttem)

  1. louse

References

  • Collard, Howard, Collard, Elisabeth Scott (1984) Castellano-mayo, mayo-castellano (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 6)‎ (in Spanish), third edition, México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 83, 139

Middle English

Verb

ette

  1. Alternative form of eten

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ɸettiyā, from *ɸeteti (“to fly”), from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- (“to fly”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ette f (genitive ette, nominative plural etti)

  1. wing, pinion
  2. fin
  3. feather, plume

Declension

Feminine iā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative etteL ettiL etti
Vocative etteL ettiL etti
Accusative ettiN ettiL etti
Genitive ette etteL etteN
Dative ettiL ettib ettib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

  • ettech (“winged; having fins; having wing-like appendages; flying, fluttering”)

Descendants

  • Irish: eite, eiteog
  • Manx: fedjag
  • Scottish Gaelic: ite, iteag

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
ette unchanged n-ette
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Tocharian B

Alternative forms

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥dʰér, whence also Tocharian A āñc. Cognate with English under, Latin īnferus, and Sanskrit अधर (adhara), all of the same meaning.

Adjective

ette

  1. lower (indeclinable)

Adverb

ette

  1. down

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “ette”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 85-86

Turkish

Noun

ette

  1. locative singular of et

Votic

Etymology 1

From the illative singular of Proto-Finnic *eci. Cognate with Finnish eteen.

Pronunciation

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈeteː/,
  • Rhymes: -eteː
  • Hyphenation: et‧te

Adverb

ette

  1. ahead, towards the front

Postposition

ette

  1. (genitive/illative/allative + ~) to the front of

Preposition

ette

  1. (~ + genitive/illative/allative) to the front of

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈetːæ/,
  • Rhymes: -etːæ
  • Hyphenation: et‧te

Conjunction

ette

  1. Alternative form of etti

References

  • Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “etee”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn
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