Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ot(t)r

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *utraz.

Noun

*ot(t)r m[1]

otter

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*ot(t)r	ot(t)rō, ot(t)rōs
Accusative	*ot(t)r	*ot(t)rā
Genitive	*ot(t)ras	*ot(t)rō
Dative	*ot(t)rē	*ot(t)rum
Instrumental	*ot(t)ru	*ot(t)rum

Descendants

Old English: otr, oter, ottor, otor
- Middle English: oter, otir, otur, otyre
  - Scots: otter
  - English: otter
Old Frisian: *otter
- Saterland Frisian: Otter
- West Frisian: otter
Old Saxon: *ottar
- Middle Low German: otter
  - German Low German: Otter
Old Dutch: *ottar
- Middle Dutch: otter
  - Dutch: otter
Old High German: ottar
- Middle High German: otter
  - German: Otter

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 327: “PWGmc *otr, *ottra-”

[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 327: “PWGmc *otr, *ottra-”