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)
- (historical) judge in Drenthe
- (obsolete) judge
Synonyms
- rechter
Derived terms
- Etstoel
- etstoel
Estonian
Etymology
From ees.
Postposition
ette
- before, in front of
Adverb
ette
- in advance, ahead
Finnish
Etymology
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈetːe/, [ˈe̞t̪ːe̞]
- Rhymes: -etːe
- Syllabification(key): et‧te
Verb
ette
- second-person plural indicative of ei
Anagrams
- teet
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɛtːɛ]
- Hyphenation: et‧te
Etymology 1
From a modified e(sz)- stem of eszik + -tte.
Verb
ette
- third-person singular indicative past definite of eszik
Etymology 2
From a modified e(sz)- stem of esz + -tte.
Verb
ette
- third-person singular indicative past definite of esz
Mayo
Noun
ette (plural éttem)
- 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
- Alternative form of eten
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *ɸettiyā, from *ɸeteti (“to fly”), from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- (“to fly”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈetʲe/
Noun
ette f (genitive ette, nominative plural etti)
- wing, pinion
- fin
- 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:
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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
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ette”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Tocharian B
Alternative forms
- etteṃ
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
- lower (indeclinable)
Adverb
ette
- down
Derived terms
- ettesa
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
- locative singular of et
Votic
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Finnish eteen.
Pronunciation
- (Luuditsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈeteː/, [ˈetːe]
- Rhymes: -eteː
- Hyphenation: et‧te
Adverb
ette
- ahead, towards the front
Postposition
ette
- (genitive/illative/allative + ~) to the front of
Preposition
ette
- (~ + genitive/illative/allative) to the front of
Pronunciation
- (Luuditsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈetːæ/, [ˈetːə]
- Rhymes: -etːæ
- Hyphenation: et‧te
Conjunction
ette
- Alternative form of etti
References
- V. Hallap, E. Adler, S. Grünberg, M. Leppik (2012), “etee”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2 edition, Tallinn