peutre

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Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French peautre, from Vulgar Latin *piltrum (pewter).

Pronunciation

Noun

peutre (plural peutres)

  1. pewter[2]

Descendants

  • English: pewter
  • Yola: peadher, pedher, pether
  • Middle Welsh: pewter
    • Welsh: piwter (remodelled after modern English)

References

  1. ^ Dobson, E. J. (1957) English pronunciation 1500-1700, second edition, volume II: Phonology, Oxford: Clarendon Press, published 1968, →OCLC, § 243, page 799.
  2. ^ peutre, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.