gote
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English gote (“a drain”), from Old English *gote (“drain, gutter”), from Proto-West Germanic [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *gutō (“gutter”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- (“to pour”).
Cognate with Dutch goot (“a gutter, drain, gully”), German Gosse (“a gutter”). Related to Old English gutt (“gut, entrails”), Old English ġēotan (“to pour, pour forth, shed, gush, flow, flood, overwhelm, found, cast”). More at gut, yote.
Noun
gote (plural gotes)
Dutch
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡɔ.te/
- Rhymes: -ɔte
- Hyphenation: gò‧te
Middle English
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²ɡoːtə/
Etymology 1
From Old Norse gata f, from Proto-Germanic *gatwǭ (“street, passage”). Doublet of gate. Akin to Faroese gøta.
Alternative forms
- gutu (dialectal)
- gota (pre-2012)
- gotu (Midlandsnormalen)
Etymology 2
A kind of blend of gote f (“path”) and gatt n (“hole”), and gjot. The verb is derived from the noun.
Etymology 3
From Old Norse goti, from Proto-Germanic *gutô.
References
- “gote” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
Old French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡu.tə/
Noun
gote oblique singular, f (oblique plural gotes, nominative singular gote, nominative plural gotes)
- drop (of liquid)
Related terms
- gotiere