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stoat

Meaninga bull

Common meaning: small predatory mammal with a long body

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√STU‘strike’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 431, p. 745 · scan
  2. Old Norsestutr‘a bull’source
  3. Middle Englishmeaning shiftsa bull → small weasel-like animalstot‘small weasel-like animal’source
  4. Englishstoat‘small predatory mammal with a long body’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Old Norse stutr ‘a bull’.

Roots

  • stutr Old Norse “a bull”

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